Iranian Nuclear Archives Show Advances about Which “International Inspectors were Unaware”

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Iranian Nuclear Archives Show Advances about Which “International Inspectors were Unaware”

by TheTower.org Staff | 07.16.18 4:11 pm

Information contained in the Iranian nuclear archives extracted by Israel in a daring January raid contain more detailed information about the extent of Iran’s nuclear weapons program including specifics “about which international inspectors were unaware,” The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

The Journal report was based on a briefing given by Israeli security officials to selected reporters. The briefing contained more details than what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in April, when he announced the raid and documentation that Israel had recovered.

The topics covered in the briefing included, “how the documents were removed from Iran; the existence within the documents of the warhead designs, for which Israel said Iran got unspecified foreign assistance; the operation of a secret explosives-testing facility that international inspectors had long searched for in vain; and a scramble by Iranian officials to keep their nuclear program alive after international inspectors concluded it had been suspended.”

Read more at: http://www.thetower.org/6461-iranian-nuclear-archives-show-advances-about-which-international-inspectors-were-unaware/