Iran is developing “boosted” nuclear warheads at a secret military site disguised as a chemical plant, according to intelligence presented by Iranian dissident group NCRI, which accuses Tehran of expanding its nuclear arsenal with hydrogen bomb capability. On Thursday, senior officials with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference exposing a clandestine Iranian nuclear weapons facility — known internally as the “Rainbow Site” — allegedly aimed at manufacturing enhanced nuclear warheads and hydrogen bombs.
According to NCRI disclosures, the site — officially masked as a chemical plant operated by Diba Energy Sina — spans nearly 2,500 acres in the Eyvanaki region southeast of Tehran. The base, the group claims, is part of a larger secret program run by Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which operates under the authority of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been operational since at least 2013 and is guarded under high-level military security. According to the NCRI, the Rainbow site is focused on the extraction of tritium, a radioactive isotope used to amplify nuclear yield, especially in implosion-type warheads and thermonuclear devices.
Tritium’s incorporation is seen as a key step toward the development of hydrogen bombs. Sources say this marks a significant escalation beyond Iran’s previously known nuclear efforts under the AMAD Plan, which was ostensibly halted in 2003. (Ed Note: While the Eyvanaki region is generally not considered a part of the Elam civilization, it is time to dust off a copy of Bill Salus' great book, "Nuclear Showdown in Iran.") (Read More)
