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LONDON — The Iranian opposition has reported another underground nuclear facility.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said the Teheran regime has been operating a secret military nuclear facility. The Paris-based council, part of the Mujahadeen Khalq, said the site was located in the military base in Haft-e Tir, 10 kilometers from the central city of Mobarakeh.
“The mullah regime is in the process of constructing and completing a series of secret sites,” council spokesman Mehdi Abrishamchi said. “Site 012 is one of them. It has been nearly completed.”
At a briefing in Paris on Nov. 18, the council said the nuclear facility, operated by Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, or SPND, was located inside a 600-meter tunnel. The heavily-guarded site, construction of which began in 2005, was said to contain four galleries but no signs of uranium enrichment.
“Given that this site was built and is supervised by the SPND, there is certainty of the fact this site is linked to the military aspect,” Abrishamchi said. “It could be an area for research or other aspects. We have no intelligence on the installation, for example, of centrifuges.”
The briefing took place on the eve of Iranian nuclear talks with the
Western-dominated P5+1 in Geneva. Western diplomats said the United States
was leading an effort for an agreement that would temporarily suspend some
aspects of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of sanctions and
unfreezing of assets.
Over the last year, the Iranian opposition has claimed several
underground Iranian nuclear sites. The International Atomic Energy Agency,
with restricted access in Iran, has failed to confirm the reports.
“The mullah regime continues its secret and undeclared projects,”
Abrishamchi said. “It has set up scores of secret and underground
facilities.”
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