'Iran can produce nuclear weapon in a week' - Breaking News. According to the Geiger counter of the US think tank Institute for Science and International security, since May 2023 the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program has increased for the first time to the level of 'Extreme Danger' “The volatile situation in the region offers Iran a unique opportunity and amplified domestic justification to build nuclear weapons, while the resources of the United States and Israel to detect and dissuade Iran from doing so are stretched thin,” the think tank writes.