"American intelligence analysts continue to believe that there is
no hard evidence that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb. ... The officials said that assessment was largely reaffirmed in a 2010 National Intelligence Estimate, and that it remains the consensus view of America’s 16 intelligence agencies."
"Israel’s intelligence service Mossad
agrees with U.S. assessments of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, even though Israeli leaders have talked about Tehran’s plans to acquire nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported late Saturday. ... Their people ask very hard questions, but Mossad does not disagree with the U.S. on the weapons program,” the newspaper quoted an unnamed former senior U.S. intelligence official as saying."
US Secretary of Defense Leon
Panetta: "I think [Iran is] developing a nuclear capability [but] our intelligence makes clear that they haven't made the decision to develop a nuclear weapon."
US Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper: "We continue to assess Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons in part by developing various nuclear capabilities that better position it to produce such weapons, should it choose to do so. We do not know, however, if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons."
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud
Barak: "[Iran has] not yet decided to manufacture atomic weapons."
Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny
Gantz, head of the Israeli military (IDF): "[Iran] is going step by step to the place where it will be able to decide whether to manufacture a nuclear bomb. It hasn't decided to go the extra mile. I don't think [Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei] will want to go the extra mile. I think the Iranian leadership is composed of very rational people."