Israel Matzav

Iran covering Parchin nuclear testing facility

The satellite photograph above released by a US commercial service on Friday shows that Iran is covering over its former nuclear testing facility at Parchin, which the International Atomic Energy Agency would like to visit.

A US think-tank published satellite imagery on Friday which it said showed "pink colored material" covering a building at a sensitive military site in Iran which UN nuclear inspectors want to visit.

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said the tarp - at the Parchin military complex - might be an attempt to conceal alleged clean-up work there at a time when Iran is under growing international pressure to open up its disputed nuclear program to scrutiny.

The images were consistent with a Reuters story on Thursday, which cited diplomatic sources as saying a brightly-colored tent-like structure now covered the building.

The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believes that explosives tests relevant to the development of nuclear weapons were conducted in a steel chamber in the building, possibly a decade ago, and wants to go there to search for evidence.

I see that sanctions are working really well.... What could go wrong?

Labels: IAEA, Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, Parchin

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:24 AM