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Inquiries About South Korean Sales for Iranian Nuclear Weapons
From Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyAllegations that Iran purchased items that can be used in nuclear weapons continue to reverberate. Der Spiegel reported earlier in the week that in deals between Iran's Partoris company, South Korea's Kung-Do Enterprises, and France's EADS Sodern firm, Iran acquired nickel-63 (Ni-63) and tritium targets. An unnamed official from the Korean company said ... "We sold Ni-63 to an Iranian firm after it said it would use it in detecting gas. We obtained a memorandum from the firm to this effect." He denied the sale of tritium and doing any deals with the French firm. Ministry of Science and Technology official Yi Sun-chong said there could be a problem if the Korean company has sold Ni-63 without a permit. Another Ministry of Science and Technology official, An Sung-chun, said a January investigation of the Korean firm found that tritium exports did not occur. An Iranian nuclear official said in Tehran on 26 June that the original Der Spiegel report is the result of a "fantasy fabricated by Zionist circles," Mehr News Agency reported. Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-07-31 |
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