The White House has said that Iran can produce a nuclear weapon in the space of a “couple of weeks” as US President Donald Trump debates whether to take military action against the Islamic Republic, AFP reports.

“Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon. All they need is a decision from the supreme leader to do that, and it would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.