Report: Iranian nuclear chief observed Korean nuke test
The alleged father of Iran’s nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, is believed to have been present in North Korea last week in order to observe its third nuclear test, Britain’s The Sunday Times reported citing Western intelligence sources.
According to the sources, Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was responsible for the development of a warhead “small enough to fit on to one of the ballistic missiles developed by Iran from North Korean prototypes,” the report stated…
“The most disturbing question is whether the Iranians are using North Korea as a backdoor plan for their own nuclear program. The Iranians didn’t carry out a nuclear test in Iran, but they may have done so in North Korea,” Levkowitz said. “There is no official information on this… but Iran may have bypassed inspections via North Korea. If true, this is a very worrying development.”









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ButterflyDragon on February 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Ayatollah Khamenei said it would be against Islamic teachings for Iran to build a nuclear bomb.
He didn’t say it was against those teachings to have another country build it for them.
SteveMG on February 17, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, but what makes you think the Norks built that particular bomb?
(Especially since it obviously worked…)
CPT. Charles on February 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Iran said it was already a nuclear power…
astonerii on February 17, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Gee, ya think? [rolleyes]
jnelchef on February 17, 2013 at 3:46 PM
Another Uzi Mahnaimi story. I call b.s., as he makes stuff up all the time and never gets called on it. Why the Jerusalem Post quotes any of his articles is a mystery to me.
Meryl Yourish on February 17, 2013 at 5:46 PM