Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Iran is determined to move ahead with its plans to develop a nuclear military program and is attempting to conceal it from the world.

“Iran is determined to more forward toward a nuclear military program,” he said during a debate in Davos, Switzerland. “Some of their activities don’t have other possible explanations. They are ready to fight and deceive the whole world to turn into a nuclear miliary power.”

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