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| Think tank: IAEA found Iran conducted, covered up implosion tests key to building nuclear weapon in 2003 |
| 2025-06-09 |
One hopes today’s CIA is working hard to make up for the bunch in charge in 2003 and the years that followed, who either covered up a critical enemy action because they held themselves higher than the elected president of the United States or for whatever reason completely missed it. [IsraelTimes] Iran conducted and covered up “a number” of implosion tests that are key to developing a nuclear weapon in 2003, an analysis of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s May 31 report on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program reveals.According to the Washington, DC-based Institute for Science and International Security think tank, which analysed and published key points from the IAEA report, the activities carried out by Iran were in preparation for a “cold test” in the development of a nuclear bomb, which involves the creation of “a fully assembled nuclear device with a surrogate core of natural or depleted uranium rather than weapons-grade uranium.” Four tests were carried out in Marivan that “utilized ‘full-scale hemispherical implosion systems,’ involving the initiation of high explosives, with the generation of a spherically inward shock wave, and a resulting compression of a nuclear explosive core, minus the weapons-grade uranium and EDNS,” according to the institute, citing the IAEA report. Explosively driven neutron sources are devices that utilize high explosives to create a burst of neutrons, and are key for the building of nuclear weapons. According to ISIS, the IAEA’s report reveals for the first time that activities at the four nuclear sites — Marivan, Lavisan-Shian, Varamin, and Turquz-Abad — are deeply connected with the issue of missing nuclear material. Iran, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, has denied seeking to build a nuclear weapon while enriching uranium to levels that have no use for civilian purposes Related: Marivan: 2024-02-27 IAEA warns Iran building up uranium stockpile, still barring senior monitors Marivan: 2023-06-22 Iran executes Kurdish prisoner accused of killing IRGC member in 2013 Marivan: 2023-06-06 UN nuclear chief rebuffs Israeli criticism on Iran, says agency ‘very fair but firm’ Related: Varamin: 2025-06-01 Damning IAEA report spells out Iran’s past secret nuclear activities; PM: Stop Iran now Varamin: 2024-02-27 IAEA warns Iran building up uranium stockpile, still barring senior monitors Varamin: 2023-11-17 Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is 22 times above 2015 deal’s limit, says IAEA |
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