In a landmark press conference in Washington, DC, on Friday attended by Breitbart News, the prominent exiled anti-regime Iranian opposition group provided new evidence of Tehran’s accelerated nuclear ambitions. Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of NCRI’s U.S. office, presented the new findings, stating, “Now what we have found out and we’re releasing today is that the Iran regime has been covertly developing nuclear warheads in a site known as the Shahrud missile site — it’s a known site but not for this purpose.”
“The goal of this program,” he added, “is to build a nuclear warhead mounted on a solid fuel missile with a range of exceeding 3,000 kilometers (approximately 1,860 miles).” The intelligence, gathered by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) from sources inside Iran, highlights two key locations:Shahrud Missile Site (about 250 miles northeast of Tehran) – Used for developing nuclear warheads for solid-fuel Ghaem-100 missiles.
Semnan Missile Site (about 135 miles east of Tehran) – Conducting underground tests critical to nuclear warhead detonation and developing Simorgh missiles, a weapon based on North Korean designs.
Jafarzadeh identified the Organization for Advanced Defense Research (SPND), Iran’s chief nuclear development agency, as the entity spearheading the nuclear program. (Read More)
