1. What Iran’s nuclear program would look like without the deal
Iran has a large stockpile of enriched uranium and nearly 20,000 centrifuges, enough to create 8–10 bombs. If Iran decided to rush to make a bomb without the deal in place, it would take 2–3 months until they had enough weapon-ready uranium (or highly enriched uranium) to build their first nuclear weapon. Left unchecked, that stockpile and that number of centrifuges would grow exponentially, practically guaranteeing that Iran could create a bomb—and create one quickly—if it so chose. [1]