By Larry Shaughnessy
New commercial satellite photos continue to show that Iran is trying to cover up work started at a facility it has been using for high explosives tests related to what the United States believes is that country's nuclear weapons program, according to a former international weapons inspector who has been closely flowing Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Satellite imagery showing the result of extensive alterations to the suspected Parchin high explosive test site, according to ISIS.
"The degree of the site's modification and the fact that this apparent cleanup work started soon after the IAEA's (International Atomic Energy Agency) request for access cast further doubt on Iran's claims that its nuclear program does not or has never had any military aspects," says a report issued by the Institute for Science and International Security and written by the inspector, David Albright, and co-author Robert Avagyan.
In May, satellite photos showed items being moved at that the site, which the institute said had remained unchanged since 2004. The latest photos show a pair of buildings have been knocked down and much of the sight has been cleaned up. The institute said Iran claims the activity is routine construction work.
The site at the Parchin military complex southwest of Terhan is the focus of a dispute between the Iranian government and the IAEA. According to a report by the institute, the IAEA announced last February, it wanted to inspect that site to make sure there had been no testing of high-explosives for nuclear-related purposes.
Iran would not agree to the inspection unless there was an agreement on its entire nuclear program.
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Hi. My name is sam. I'm looking for a good time. Must love war and have a small tool.
SUPPORT CHICK-FIL-A!!! OVERTHROW O-COMMIE! ELIMINATE IRAN!!!!! NOW!!!!!
iran is not developing nuclear weapons, the DIA report from 2007 said just that the follow up in 2009 said that as well, that represents the consensus view of 16 intelligence agencies...get a clue! STOP WITH THE DAMN JINGOISM!
As the middle east falls away.
As an American soldier, I can tell you that my pals are sick of risking our lives for the apartheid, racist phenomenon, that is Israel.
And we won't take it much longer, trust me......
Iran+Nukes=Nuclear Terrorism... Israel does not need to force the issue, the Iranian regime is forcing it enough... The Iranian people will never reap the fruits of the west as long as their support a regime like this. Nuclear extortion is not an option the West is willing to entertain any longer. People of Iran, take responsibility!
Once Iran acquires a nuclear weapon; even a handful, a US/Israeli attack becomes very unlikely. Bombs, warships etc are no longer a part of the equation anymore.
Nuclear weapons are the national equivalent of individual firearms ownership. A gun eliminates the variables of one individual's weight or strength. An old grandma with a pistol can drop a 200 lb burglar. Similarly, a Militarily weak nation like Iran can deter an attack by a much larger and powerful nation like the United States if they have a nuclear weapon. It doesn't matter how many more nuclear warheads Israel or the US has. If Iran has a handful, it becomes too risky to initiate a conflict. Entire Carrier Groups, refineries, cities, bases, etc are in close proximity, and nobody is willing to take that chance.
That's how much of a game changer nuclear weapons are. Iran's leadership knows that fact, gaining nuclear weapons is such a valuable outcome they are willing to give up short term economic prosperity for it.
Once they have it the regime will pursue hegemony in the middle east through violence.
@OffTheWorldPolitics
I disagree. The primary motivation for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon would be to avoid an invasion by the US and to thwart our efforts for regime change.
Their regime just wants to stay in power and abuse the system by siphoning off the oil revenues into their own pockets at the expense of their people – not unlike politicians in other countries.
So you disagree that Iran is the largest supporter of state sponsored terrorism? Look it up pal. It's not a big stretch to think they would pass a nuke on to Hezbollah. If they did use a nuke, how would we prove it was them?
I don't disagree that Iran is the largest supporter of state sponsored terrorism. However, I don't believe that Iran would give a nuke to Hezbollah with good reason: a nuke on Israel is counterproductive since Lebanon shares close proximity with Israel and the resulting radiation fallout will spill over into Lebanon, and thereby kill Lebanese people, including Hezbollah members in the process. Not to mention that Israel is home to Islam's third holiest site, a fact that weighs heavily on Iran's mind.
that's total bs... You don't know how far the radiation would spread or whether Iranian regime cares about collateral damage.... You really have no idea at all, but if you do acknowledge that Iran is the greatest sponsor of terror worldwide then why should that regime remain in power?
Do I feel a Persian Spring (TM) coming?
That's up to the Persian people. The west needs to destroy Iran's capacity to build nuclear weapons. Then if the Iranian people want a real democracy, that's up to them.
The Iranian people do want a real democracy and they will eventually get it. However, if the Iranians (under the democratic regime) want a nuclear deterrent then we shouldn't stand in their way.
@OffTheWorldPolitics
"The west needs to destroy Iran's capacity to build nuclear weapons."
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If you think that destroying their nuclear facilities will put a permanent end to their nuclear ambitions then you're in for a rude awakening.
In the words of former IAEA chief, "You can bomb their facilities, but you cannot bomb their knowledge."
Only the Iranians themselves can put an end to their nuclear quest.
The knowledge is abundant, the means to produce these weapons is finite. obliterate those means, then let them spend the next twenty years trying to rebuild it.
You are not a soldier.
Even though I agree with you that we absolutely should not fight other peoples wars,and die for ideals that are totally opposite our ideas of peace,justice and human relations. You really have no grievance with the military. You joined the military. You were not drafted as were most of the soldiers in Viet Nam. You do not have the right to question where or why you are being deployed no more than a police officer has the right to choose which call he has been ordered to engage.
NO! DEAR JESUS, NO! DEAR, DEAR SWEET BABY JESUS IN HEAVEN ABOVE SAVE US FROM THESE GODLESS MOSLEM HEATHENS AND FROM OUR SOCIALIST KENYAN TRAITOR-IN-CHIEF. WE MUST ACT NOW! BEFORE ITS TO LATE AND EVIL ISLAM MURDERS EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN MAN WOMAN AND CHILD AND DRINKS OF OUR BLOOD. WE MUST SLAY THESE HATERS OF FREEDOM NOW!!!!!!!
Ah, shut up, you idiotic dunghead. Take your nonsensical drivel and shove it up your butt.
I like that comment.
So which do you want? You say "Dear God save us from these Moslem heathens." But then you make a call for all christians to "Slay these haters of freedom!!!!!!!." You must believe that God isn't going to do anything and the power mass prayer is useless. So you immediately make a call to arms.
TO THOSE WHO MOCK ME SATAN READS YOUR COMMENTS AND LAUGHS HEARTILY!!!!
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retard, you need to figure out what you are saying. You ask god to help us, then you doubt he will help us, so you call all christans to destroy them, and that goes to violence, and then we all get screwed
The GOP solution: Start a war with Iran (totally unfunded of course!). Then get the poor people to fight/die in the war while giving the rich people "no bid contracts". Thus killing two GOP birds with one stone. Then use Iran's oil to pay for the war. And when the war is over, Iran will sell us cheap oil!!! Just like Iraq!!!! Oh wait........never mind.
There is no crystal ball of U.S. intelligence. No one can know for sure what is going on there. What is for sure is that Iran is enriching uranium to weapons grade, and that they refuse to provide access to these cites. They also prefer to absorb these severe sanctions rather than cooperate.
Bending to the will of Israel, is hardly good politics. Moron.
This smacks of the satellite imagery that was use to construct the elaborate lies employed by Colin Powell to get us into the Iraq War. Let’s not go down that road again, okay CNN?
Funny this photo looks just like the photos USA and Britain showed the in about Iraq.
As Gen. Powell said back then, "This is all part of a system of hiding things and moving things out of the way and making sure they have left nothing behind." But it was all lies and he should have been court-martialed. All of them from Bush down should be in prison. But no, instead of that we're doing it all over again.