Germany's foreign intelligence former chief: "Iran could have nuclear bomb by 2015"

His estimate falls within the 3-10 year range of forecasts given by most international experts.

"It is difficult to give an exact estimate of the time," BND head Ernst Uhrlau told a security conference organized by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

"According to the current rate of enrichment, the Islamic Republic will not have sufficient amounts of highly enriched uranium with which to build atomic weapons before 2010. For a nuclear bomb we are looking at around 2015," said Uhrlau. Reuters