July 23, 2015
By Bill Gertz
The Iran nuclear agreement (click here) includes two secret side deals covering a key Iranian military site and other past arms activities, according to two lawmakers who are demanding that Congress be granted access to the documents.
The secret agreements were reached between Iran and the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) on Tehran’s past nuclear arms work and are a central component of the Vienna accord reached by Iran, the United States, and five other states.
A key part of the nuclear agreement requires Iran to disclose all military nuclear arms work before international sanctions are lifted. The IAEA has until December to report on the past military activities.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, (R., Kan.), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee, said in an interview he first learned of the secret side deals by questioning IAEA officials....
Parchin, Iran is where ballistic missiles are tested. Parchin has been a place where Israel has been focusing as proof of a nuclear activity. There have been explosions in Parchin that shows disabling damage to buildings. There is speculation Israel has involvement in sabotage of any activities there. Israel is known to be suspect in killing Iranian nuclear scientists.
October 6, 2015
By Armin Rosen
...There's been a mysterious (click here) and possibly deadly explosion at an Iranian facility that the US and international monitors believe was once used to test nuclear weapons components — and that Tehran has barred International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from visiting.
According to The New York Times, an explosion at the Parchin military installation caused an "enormous orange flash that illuminated Tehran." Iranian officials "confirmed that two people were missing after 'an ordinary fire' caused by 'chemical reactions of flammable material,'" according to the Times account.
But this is hardly the only suspicious explosion to hit a sensitive Iranian military facility, and it's unlikely that Iran would admit to an act of sabotage. In 2011, the architect of Iran's ballistic missile program was killed in a suspicious blast. And there have been several assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years, killings that have been blamed on both Israel and the Mujahideen el-Khalk, an anti-regime militant group.
And Parchin was apparently home to infrastructure needed to develop ballistic triggers for a uranium-based nuclear detonation, work that apparently took place at the facility prior to 2004 when these activities were discovered and made public by the US and international regulators....
Parchin is a known commodity to the USA for a long time. Knowledge about the site has been known since about 2003. There are no secrets here. Any agreement drawn regarding Parchin is in addition to the primary Iran agreement. The P5+1 wanted to keep the primary nuclear deal clean of suspect to it's outcome. It makes sense Parchin would be a separate agreement.
The history regarding Iran's nuclear activities is long. This is a timeline dating back to 1957. The current talks with Iran has been the most productive imitative regarding their military and nuclear sites.
22 February 2012
By Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (click here) inspectors on their second visit to Iran in a month have been turned away from a military base in Parchin, immediately raising questions about the activities being carried out there.
The IAEA last had access to Parchin, about 30km southeast of Tehran, in early 2005. According to the 2011 IISS dossier on Iran’s nuclear capabilities: ‘The site contained test bunkers and diagnostic buildings, which US officials suspected might be used for high-explosive tests related to nuclear weapons development. Such tests are commonly used to develop the high-explosive lens system for implosion designs [ie. bombs].
‘In January 2005, Iran allowed the IAEA to visit and take samples at one of four locations in Parchin to which it had requested access. In March 2005, the IAEA reported that it “saw no relevant dual-use equipment or materials in the location visited”. Environmental samples taken at the selected site did not indicate the presence of nuclear materials.’...
Semira N. Nikou
Sept. 24 –The IAEA found Iran in noncompliance with the NPT Safeguards Agreement and decided to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for further action. The decision followed Iran’s repeated failure to fully report its nuclear activities. Tehran countered that it might suspend its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol that allowed more intrusive and sudden inspections.
Nov. 20 –Iran’s parliament approved a bill requiring the government to stop voluntary implementation of the Safeguards Agreement’s separate Additional Protocol, which allowed more intrusive and surprise inspections, if Iran were referred to the Security Council. The parliament did not move to block normal inspections required under the Safeguards Agreement, which had been ratified by parliament in 1974.
Parchin military site was first inspected in 2005 of which resulted Iran's referral to the UN Security Council. Parchin has been known to authorities for a very long time.
There is no details about Iran's activities that point to nuclear weapons the P5+1 hasn't dealt with.
By Bill Gertz
The Iran nuclear agreement (click here) includes two secret side deals covering a key Iranian military site and other past arms activities, according to two lawmakers who are demanding that Congress be granted access to the documents.
The secret agreements were reached between Iran and the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) on Tehran’s past nuclear arms work and are a central component of the Vienna accord reached by Iran, the United States, and five other states.
A key part of the nuclear agreement requires Iran to disclose all military nuclear arms work before international sanctions are lifted. The IAEA has until December to report on the past military activities.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, (R., Kan.), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee, said in an interview he first learned of the secret side deals by questioning IAEA officials....
Parchin, Iran is where ballistic missiles are tested. Parchin has been a place where Israel has been focusing as proof of a nuclear activity. There have been explosions in Parchin that shows disabling damage to buildings. There is speculation Israel has involvement in sabotage of any activities there. Israel is known to be suspect in killing Iranian nuclear scientists.
October 6, 2015
By Armin Rosen
...There's been a mysterious (click here) and possibly deadly explosion at an Iranian facility that the US and international monitors believe was once used to test nuclear weapons components — and that Tehran has barred International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from visiting.
According to The New York Times, an explosion at the Parchin military installation caused an "enormous orange flash that illuminated Tehran." Iranian officials "confirmed that two people were missing after 'an ordinary fire' caused by 'chemical reactions of flammable material,'" according to the Times account.
But this is hardly the only suspicious explosion to hit a sensitive Iranian military facility, and it's unlikely that Iran would admit to an act of sabotage. In 2011, the architect of Iran's ballistic missile program was killed in a suspicious blast. And there have been several assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years, killings that have been blamed on both Israel and the Mujahideen el-Khalk, an anti-regime militant group.
And Parchin was apparently home to infrastructure needed to develop ballistic triggers for a uranium-based nuclear detonation, work that apparently took place at the facility prior to 2004 when these activities were discovered and made public by the US and international regulators....
Parchin is a known commodity to the USA for a long time. Knowledge about the site has been known since about 2003. There are no secrets here. Any agreement drawn regarding Parchin is in addition to the primary Iran agreement. The P5+1 wanted to keep the primary nuclear deal clean of suspect to it's outcome. It makes sense Parchin would be a separate agreement.
The history regarding Iran's nuclear activities is long. This is a timeline dating back to 1957. The current talks with Iran has been the most productive imitative regarding their military and nuclear sites.
22 February 2012
By Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (click here) inspectors on their second visit to Iran in a month have been turned away from a military base in Parchin, immediately raising questions about the activities being carried out there.
The IAEA last had access to Parchin, about 30km southeast of Tehran, in early 2005. According to the 2011 IISS dossier on Iran’s nuclear capabilities: ‘The site contained test bunkers and diagnostic buildings, which US officials suspected might be used for high-explosive tests related to nuclear weapons development. Such tests are commonly used to develop the high-explosive lens system for implosion designs [ie. bombs].
‘In January 2005, Iran allowed the IAEA to visit and take samples at one of four locations in Parchin to which it had requested access. In March 2005, the IAEA reported that it “saw no relevant dual-use equipment or materials in the location visited”. Environmental samples taken at the selected site did not indicate the presence of nuclear materials.’...
...Aug. 8 – Iran resumed uranium conversion (click here) at the Isfahan facility under surveillance of the IAEA.
Aug.
9 – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa forbidding the
“production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons.”
Aug. 11 –The IAEA urged Iran to suspend all enrichment activities and re-instate IAEA seals.
Aug. 11 –The IAEA urged Iran to suspend all enrichment activities and re-instate IAEA seals.
Sept. 24 –The IAEA found Iran in noncompliance with the NPT Safeguards Agreement and decided to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for further action. The decision followed Iran’s repeated failure to fully report its nuclear activities. Tehran countered that it might suspend its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol that allowed more intrusive and sudden inspections.
Nov. 20 –Iran’s parliament approved a bill requiring the government to stop voluntary implementation of the Safeguards Agreement’s separate Additional Protocol, which allowed more intrusive and surprise inspections, if Iran were referred to the Security Council. The parliament did not move to block normal inspections required under the Safeguards Agreement, which had been ratified by parliament in 1974.
2006
January – Iran
broke open internationally monitored seals on the Natanz enrichment
facility and at two related storage and testing locations, which cleared
the way to resume nuclear fuel research under IAEA supervision.
Feb. 4 – The IAEA voted to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for its non-compliance with its NPT Safeguards Agreement obligations....
Parchin military site was first inspected in 2005 of which resulted Iran's referral to the UN Security Council. Parchin has been known to authorities for a very long time.
There is no details about Iran's activities that point to nuclear weapons the P5+1 hasn't dealt with.
