New report claims Iran regime using university to hide nuclear weapons development, avoid sanctions
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The U.S. sanctioned a group tasked with nuclear weapons development to slow Iran's nuclear program, but officials allegedly reorganized resources and personnel to continue their work in hiding.
Satellite Imagery of the College of Technology of Science and Research Unit of Tehran Azad University. (NCRI/Google Earth) Satellite Imagery of the position of the Science and Research Unit of Tehran Azad University in reference to the northern mountains of Tehran, Iran. (NCRI/Google Earth) Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
"Our revelations have shown that Tehran’s nuclear program has always been about building the nuclear bomb, and it is run by the IRGC," he argued. "The weaponization part of the nuclear program has not only remained intact but has expanded and enhanced with no meaningful scrutiny." Jafarzadeh first revealed the details of Iran’s nuclear program in 2002.
The NCRI issued a report in which it discussed how Iran shifted its nuclear program personnel and resources placed on U.S. sanctions to the Islamic Azad University. The U.S. listed the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) on the international sanctions list, and university personnel asked researchers to "present their activities as being in service of front companies."
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