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| May 15, 2012
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Iran hangs man for killing nuclear scientist

Jamali Fashi, accused of aiding Mossad in assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist, executed in Tehran

 

Iran’s state TV says authorities have hanged a man who was sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of a nuclear physicist.

The broadcast said that Majid Jamali Fashi, who had been accused of being an agent of the Israeli spy agency, Mossad, was hanged in Tehran on Tuesday morning.

Majid Jamali Fashi Photo: AFP

Majid Jamali Fashi - Photo: AF

Jamali Fashi, 24, was sentenced to death after being convicted in a trial last August.

Tehran University physics professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by a bomb-rigged motorcycle that exploded outside his house as he was leaving for work in January 2010. Continue Reading »

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| May 14, 2012
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Iran to launch observation satellite on nuclear talks day

Iran will launch next week an experimental observation satellite, on the day of talks with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

 

 

“The Fajr satellite will be launched on Khordad 3 (May 23),” the director of the Aerospace Industries Mehdi Farahi was quoted as telling.

It will be the fourth satellite sent into space since 2009 by Iran, whose space programme has attracted the concern of international community which is suspecting Tehran is seeking to develop long-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying conventional warheads or nuclear ones.

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This is the first time that the Islamic republic has announced in advance a date for the of a satellite. Continue Reading »

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| May 14, 2012
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More than 60 nuclear experts at work building Iranian nuclear bomb

The names and addresses of 60 Iranian experts employed by 11 different Iranian agencies under the control of the Iranian Defense Ministry were revealed Saturday, May 12, by the main Iranian opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI). 

This is the first time an extensive, highly secret, central organizational structure dedicated to building a nuclear weapon has been revealed in detail – specifically the Ministry of Defense under the command of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which also runs the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.

The information updated to April 2012 was provided by “sources within the Iranian regime’s agencies, including military institutions.”

Malek Ashtar University: Nuclear bomb project HQ
Malek Ashtar University: Nuclear bomb project HQ

It contradicts the fundamental conclusion reached by the US and five world powers and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – that Iran’s nuclear program is not run by a single organization – on the basis of which they entered into negotiation with Tehran. Continue Reading »

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| May 13, 2012
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Drawing focuses on Iran’s nuke work

Image from inside Iranian military site shows type of explosives containment chamber needed for nuclear tests. Former IAEA official: Drawing is accurate

 

An image said to come from inside an Iranian military site shows an explosives containment chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that UN inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted at the site. Iran denies such testing and has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of such a chamber.

The image was provided to The Associated Press by an official of a country tracking Iran’s nuclear program who said the drawing proves the structure exists, despite Tehran’s refusal to acknowledge it. Continue Reading »

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| May 9, 2012
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PM to Ashton: Iran must halt all uranium enrichment

Netanyahu meets with EU foreign policy chief along with FM, Barak, and newly-minted Vice Premier Mofaz ahead of upcoming round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Tehran.

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that Iran must halt all uranium enrichment, after Iran preemptively rejected the EU’s own request to do so.

During the meeting, in which the prime minister and Ashton discussed the new round of upcoming talks between Western nations and Iran, Netanyahu also requested that Iran remove all enriched uranium currently in its territory, and cease work at the Fordow nuclear facility, which is located deep inside a mountain near the holy city of Qom. Continue Reading »

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| April 16, 2012
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Iranian nuclear scientists were present at failed North Korean missile launch, says source

Anonymous diplomatic source tells South Korea’s state news agency 12 Iranian officials observed the failed missile launch last week in North Korea.

A dozen Iranian nuclear experts visited North Korea last week to observe its failed rocket launch on Friday, South Korean state news agency Yonhap’s Washington correspondent reported on Sunday.

The new ballistic missile unveiled in North Korean this week.

The new ballistic missile unveiled in North Korean this week. - Photo by Reuters

“On March 31, 12 Iranians of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) arrived in North Korea. “The Iranians undoubtedly were there to observe the missile launch and receive test data from North Korea,” the correspondent quoted a diplomatic source, who wished to remain anonymous, as saying.

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| April 14, 2012
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‘Stuxnet implanted in Iran nuke plant with memory stick’

US intelligence officials tell ISSSource ‘Israeli proxy’ at Natanz nuclear facility used memory stick to infect machines; claim spies belong to same dissident group behind killing of nuclear scientists

The Stuxnet virus that damaged Iran’s nuclear program was implanted by an Israeli proxy — an Iranian, who used a corrupt “memory stick.32,” former and serving US intelligence officials told the Industrial Safety and Security website.

Ahmadinejad at Natanz plant (archives) Photo: AFP

Ahmadinejad at Natanz plant (archives) Photo: AFP

According to the sources, Iranian proxies have also been active in assassinating Iran’s nuclear scientists

The officials told ISSSource that a saboteur at the Natanz nuclear facility, probably a member of an Iranian dissident group, used a memory stick to infect the machines there. Continue Reading »

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| March 28, 2012
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EXCLUSIVE: N. Korean satellite launch pretext for Iran missile test

EXCLUSIVE: Western defense officials say upcoming launch is a continuation of Iran and North Korea’s nuclear and missile cooperation • Seoul warns it might shoot down North Korean rocket if it violates South Korean territory.

The satellite that North Korea intends to launch into space next month is apparently merely a front, with the real reason behind the planned launch being to test a long-range ballistic missile for another country – apparently Iran. This, at least, is what defense officials in the West have come to believe. The launch is also intended to possibly test a new launcher.

North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to a launching site, apparently determined to press ahead with its plan to launch a satellite in defiance of international condemnation, the South Korean military said Sunday, The New York Times reported.

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| March 5, 2012
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Iran ‘May have Tested Nukes in N. Korea in 2010’

Germany’s Die Welt: two nuclear weapons tests in North Korea in 2010 might have been conducted for Iran.

 

The Sunday morning edition of Germany’s Die Welt, quoted by leading journalist David Goldman in Pajamas Media, reports that Western intelligence agencies detected two nuclear weapons tests in North Korea in 2010, and that one or both of them might have been conducted for Iran. The author is the respected German analyst and former top official Hans Rühle, who quotes new documentation showing that the Iranian regime began its drive for nuclear weapons as early as 1984, under the direct orders of Ayatollah Khomeini. Continue Reading »

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