New details on stolen Iranian nuclear documents obtained by Israeli spies earlier this year shed light on Tehran's nuclear ambitions and show that Iran more than two decades ago had assembled the materials it needed to produce a nuclear bomb, according to multiple media reports.
The details expanded on those provided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April, first in a private briefing with President Trump and later in an open presentation.
The information came from a trove of documents stolen from a storage facility in Tehran by agents for the Israeli agency Mossad. Journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post and others were invited by the Israeli government to view key documents obtained in the raid.
The documents provide details on Project Amad — the code name for Iran's nuclear weapons development. That project was ordered halted in 2003, and no information provided shows that the Iranians had violated the 2015 deal with five other countries, including the U.S., to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Trump withdrew from that deal in May, days after Netanyahu had presented the stolen nuclear plans as evidence that Tehran was lying about its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
Iran had previously insisted that its nuclear endeavors were peaceful in nature, intended for energy and medical purposes — not to build a bomb. READ MORE
