Why is this story not getting wider play?
International nuclear inspectors have begun investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials.
As part of the investigation, inspectors at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are seeking information from the scientist, who they believe acted on his own as an adviser on experiments described in a lengthy document obtained by the agency, the officials said.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the document appeared authentic, without explaining why, but they made it clear that they did not think the scientist was working on behalf of the Russian government.
Still, it is the first time that the nuclear agency has suggested that Iran may have received help from a foreign weapons scientist in developing nuclear arms.
The Russians are helping Iran build nuclear weapons? That’s huge. And the fact that the IAEA insists it’s a “lone gunman” Russian scientist? That’s bull.
This evidence is a smoking gun that Iran is trying to create nuclear weapons, and yet, the UN Security Council won’t vote on sanctions. Why would they? The Russians are supplying Iran with everything they need to build a nuclear bomb. Is Russia that stupid that they think they’ll be immune to the Iranian bomb, or are the Iranians smart enough not to threaten Russia? I don’t think they’ve forgotten Chechen.
According to Friday reports in several leading newspapers, a closed-door briefing held in February at the agency’s Vienna headquarters, had the IAEA’s chief nuclear inspector, Olli Heinonen, present diplomats from dozens of countries with newly declassified evidence, documents, sketches and even a video that he said raised questions about whether Iran had tried to design a weapon.
Among the data presented by Heinonen, were indications that the Iranians had worked on exploding detonators that are critical for the firing of most nuclear weapons.
How many years did we hear the chief of the IAEA tell us that the Iranians weren’t working towards nuclear weapons? How much longer will the world not take any action? Now is the time to issue crushing sanctions. Crude oil is at its lowest prices in over a year. Iran’s economy is floundering. Real sanctions would have an effect on the Iranian race to the bomb.
But then, the Russians have a veto in the UNSC. And they’re helping Iran in every way possible—supplying fuel, technology, and now, instructions on how to make the bombs explode. When John McCain says that when he looks into Putin’s eyes and sees a K, a G, and a B, he is on the right track. The rest of the world should take heed.
Perhaps the Russians are building in the remote self destruct detonator. Once the Iranians build some warheads (using the Russian equipment) the Russians will say, “Do what we tell you or we will detonate all your bombs in place”.
Of course, they could then tell the rest of the world “Do what we want or the Iranians will launch”.
More likely the lure of wealth for the rulers and their consiglieri is so overwhelmingly attractive to the greedy ex-Commies in charge that they are selling the Iranians everything, including expertise, without at all considering the longer term consequences of what they are doing. As an additional attraction it is an annoyance and even a threat to the US, which they resent for winning the Cold War, as well as for reasons such as envy of US wealth and power. Once again they are not looking at any longer term consequences of what they are doing. They are even less sophisticated and foresighted than are the French.