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US officials say no Iranian nuke construction underway at Parchin
U.S. officials have told CNN there is "no evidence" any nuclear work has been done at an Iranian military complex near Tehran, although high explosives testing has been done there for many years. The comments were made in response to report by ABC News in the U.S. Wednesday evening that said Iran "may be taking steps toward developing a nuclear device" at the site, known as Parchin.An official at the International Atomic Energy Agency also told CNN that while the Parchin complex was watched "with interest," he was unaware of intelligence suggesting nuclear work has been done there. The sprawling military complex is about 18 miles (29 kilometers) southeast of Tehran and is used to test ammunition, rockets and high explosives. In a statement, David Albright and Corey Hinderstein of the Institute for Science and International Security said Parchin "is a logical candidate for a nuclear weapons-related site" but called the evidence that nuclear work has been conducted there "ambiguous." The two nuclear weapons experts called on Iran to allow inspectors from the IAEA to visit the site to "alleviate those suspicions." Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-09-16 |
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