Iran And Nuclear Weapons: This Is News To Europe, But Not The United States
And I pick on Europe because it is the Daily Telegraph that has this story. (Hat-Tip: Hugh Hewitt)
Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran’s nuclear programme.
Nuclear experts working for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna are pressing the Iranians to make a full disclosure about a network of research laboratories at a secret military base outside the capital Teheran.
The project is codenamed Zirzamin 27, and its purpose is to enable the Iranians to undertake uranium enrichment to military standard. Zirzamin means “basement” in Farsi, which suggests the laboratories are underground and 27 refers to the 27-year-old Iranian revolution.
Concerns over activity at Zirzamin 27 will be raised at this week’s meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors in Vienna, which starts today.
Suspicions have been growing that Iran has a secret military nuclear research programme since UN inspectors discovered particles of enriched uranium at a research complex at Lavizan, a military base on the outskirts of Teheran, in 2003.
The Iranians agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to visit the Lavizan complex but then razed it to the ground before the inspectors arrived.
Iranian nuclear officials have ignored repeated requests by IAEA officials for a detailed explanation of the Lavizan project. Now the IAEA officials are studying new intelligence indicating that the Lavizan research project has been moved to a secret military location outside Teheran.
Although IAEA officials do not know the precise location of Zirzamin 27, they have comprehensive details of its activities.
“This is a truly alarming development,” said a senior western diplomat working with the IAEA. “This evidence indicates that the Iranians remain committed to developing nuclear weapons, despite their claims to the contrary that their nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful.”
On May 12th, a story appeared in Breitbart that Thomas covered here. In that story the IAEA makes excuses for Iran after finding enriched uranium that was "close to or beyond weapons grade" in density. Now they are sure they know of this new site where Iran has continued its nuclear program in terms of weapons.
This is a newsflash to Europe only. The United States has been stating, for months now, that Iran is working on nuclear weapons. Anyone who still buys the "peaceful purposes" line being fed to the world is an absolute idiot. (No offense to the Kos Kiddies out there who do buy this sort of junk, but it is easy to see why when we see what Kos feeds you.)
The Iranians have never quit the development of such weapons. They have never stopped researching them. The razing of an entire facility seems drastic, but not for the Iranians; especially those, like Ahmadinejad, that does not want his secret to get out. That secret, I am sure, is how far along the road they actually are. This revelation is simply one more reason why talks should not be held with them. They should be isolated, and sanctioned.
Force them to abandon their idea of nuclear weapons. They want them, and there is only one reason why they do, and it is not deterrence of their neighbors.
Marcie
And I pick on Europe because it is the Daily Telegraph that has this story. (Hat-Tip: Hugh Hewitt)
Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran’s nuclear programme.
Nuclear experts working for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna are pressing the Iranians to make a full disclosure about a network of research laboratories at a secret military base outside the capital Teheran.
The project is codenamed Zirzamin 27, and its purpose is to enable the Iranians to undertake uranium enrichment to military standard. Zirzamin means “basement” in Farsi, which suggests the laboratories are underground and 27 refers to the 27-year-old Iranian revolution.
Concerns over activity at Zirzamin 27 will be raised at this week’s meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors in Vienna, which starts today.
Suspicions have been growing that Iran has a secret military nuclear research programme since UN inspectors discovered particles of enriched uranium at a research complex at Lavizan, a military base on the outskirts of Teheran, in 2003.
The Iranians agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to visit the Lavizan complex but then razed it to the ground before the inspectors arrived.
Iranian nuclear officials have ignored repeated requests by IAEA officials for a detailed explanation of the Lavizan project. Now the IAEA officials are studying new intelligence indicating that the Lavizan research project has been moved to a secret military location outside Teheran.
Although IAEA officials do not know the precise location of Zirzamin 27, they have comprehensive details of its activities.
“This is a truly alarming development,” said a senior western diplomat working with the IAEA. “This evidence indicates that the Iranians remain committed to developing nuclear weapons, despite their claims to the contrary that their nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful.”
On May 12th, a story appeared in Breitbart that Thomas covered here. In that story the IAEA makes excuses for Iran after finding enriched uranium that was "close to or beyond weapons grade" in density. Now they are sure they know of this new site where Iran has continued its nuclear program in terms of weapons.
This is a newsflash to Europe only. The United States has been stating, for months now, that Iran is working on nuclear weapons. Anyone who still buys the "peaceful purposes" line being fed to the world is an absolute idiot. (No offense to the Kos Kiddies out there who do buy this sort of junk, but it is easy to see why when we see what Kos feeds you.)
The Iranians have never quit the development of such weapons. They have never stopped researching them. The razing of an entire facility seems drastic, but not for the Iranians; especially those, like Ahmadinejad, that does not want his secret to get out. That secret, I am sure, is how far along the road they actually are. This revelation is simply one more reason why talks should not be held with them. They should be isolated, and sanctioned.
Force them to abandon their idea of nuclear weapons. They want them, and there is only one reason why they do, and it is not deterrence of their neighbors.
Marcie
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