Iranian politician: IAEA shared Tehran’s nuclear secrets with Israel

Published time: September 23, 2012 14:28
Edited time: September 23, 2012 18:28
A worker works at the Fuel Manufacturing plant at Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility 440 km south of Tehran (Reuters / Caren Firouz)

An Iranian lawmaker has accused the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of disclosing “too much” about Tehran’s nuclear activities to Israel. It’s the latest move in the tense relationship between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog.

Javad Jahangirzadeh, a member of parliament’s presiding board, said IAEA chief Yukiya Amano would be to blame if Tehran decides to reduce its ties with the UN watchdog.

"Amano's repeated trips to Tel Aviv and asking the Israeli officials' views about Iran's nuclear activities indicates that Iran's nuclear information has been disclosed to the Zionist regime [Israel] and other enemies of the Islamic Republic," Jahangirzadeh told Press TV.

Despite Jahangirzadeh’s statement, Iran’s parliament has no part in deciding whether or not Tehran will actually cut ties with the IAEA. That decision will be left to the country’s top officials.

The IAEA has not responded to the claim – which is the second accusation to be thrown its way in just a week.

Last week, Iranian nuclear energy chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani said “terrorists” might have accessed the Vienna-based agency. He said the IAEA included too much sensitive information about Iran’s nuclear program in its reports – insisting such information could be used by saboteurs.

Iran has also accused the IAEA of sending spies disguised as inspectors to collect information about its nuclear activities, referencing alleged leaks of information by inspectors to the US and other officials.

Abbasi-Davani’s accusation was ignored by Western diplomats, who accused him of trying to attract attention away from the IAEA’s attempt to gain access to an Iranian nuclear site which it suspects is being used for nuclear weapons research.

The US, Israel, and some of their allies maintain that Tehran is using its nuclear facilities to develop atomic weapons – a claim that Iran vehemently denies.

Iran says its nuclear program is for purely civilian purposes, and that it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful reasons, since it is a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the IAEA.  

But whether Iran will continue to be part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty seems to lie on whether an attack from Israel is imminent.

"In case of an attack, Iran's obligations will change. My assessment is that Iran may leave the NPT," Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, told Mehr news agency.

The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but has never found any evidence that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons.

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silver7 28.09.2012 15:14

Read also what american nuclear scientist says on veterans today. The type of nuclear rods Iran uses, and only to a max 20%, has never been used to make a weapon by anybody and he doesn't think it can without great risk. Netanwardoes not understand how nuke weapons are made, too complex. He is A War Monger. Israeli's Love War full stop. He wants to use a Nuke to justify their millions of american donations. He is a killer at large.

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Maximilion Robespierre (unregistered) 24.09.2012 04:54

I'm not gonna bash Iran nor do I have any useful knowlege of the potential information with which they may have had/didn't have that could have/have not been comprimised.

Because of that, I'm going to give the best comment on here, even with my personal ignorance of the rest, by saying::

I Don't Know what's going on NOR am I, a 'Merican individual, qualifide or knowledgeable enough to express an opinion on this matter. Also, the complex nature of geo politics, internationl affairs, and political interactions is understandably over my 'Mercian head and thus beyond my rightful rhelm of comprehention or appreciation.

My only substantial, and non personal, comment to add is this: There is probably much more than that which first pops into the mind's eyes' of the interested third parties (us, the information consumers). Countries aren't stupid nor are internationl organizations; natural selection weeds out destructive ignorance on the world stage. Iran has borders becasue they can defend them, not because of some mythical "god of international friendlyness and compassion and sovernty and stuff". 

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A.Patriot (unregistered) 24.09.2012 04:23

Iranian officials have every right to suspect the IAEA are salted with Mossad/CIA informants who are allegedly paid for a laundry list of secret information.

Saddam had previously complained the IAEA inspectors were actually collecting GPS targeting information that was passed onto the USA Military strike databases.

In Iran's case however it appears and is alleged the IAEA obtaining secret personal information on Iranian scientists including their photos and home address's was turning that secret information over to Mossad assassination teams. It also appears IAEA turned over Iranian officials names and personal information to the CIA who began seizing their assets held in Western Banks. It is also entirely likely the Zionist corrupted IAEA inspectors are secretly recording GPS targeting data to supply Israeli/USA military targeting databases.

Wh at to do? Russian officials should flank the IAEA inspectors watching their every move to discern if they are Mossad/CIA plants, or trying to collect illegal data which has nothing to do with IAEA dutys and IAEA inspections. It's also entirely possible some bogus IAEA inspector has been planting the Israeli/USA State created virus's via flash drives or the IAEA demanding computer access under various false guises.

With the Deep underground, heavily guarded and reinforced Fordo Uranium Enrichment complex beyond the possibility of damage from non-nuclear bunker busting bombs, it's time for Iran to demand the United Nations Security Council recognize any bombing of a operating commercial nuclear reactor as a Nuclear Strike which is illegal under UN treatys and conventions agreed to several years ago by USA,CHINA,RUSSIA and INDIA against any nation that has signed the NPT treaty.

Iran has signed the NPT Treaty and it would be a gross violation of United Nations Security Council Laws, Treatys and International Agreements for Israel/USA to bomb a operating nuclear reactor as well as use a tactical nuclear weapon smuggled inside and exploded or strategic nuclear weapon exploded outside the Fordo Complex.

Bomb ing a reactor marks hundreds of commercial reactors across Europe, Britain and North America as strategic targets should WW3 break out dooming millions more to a horrific poisoned death if the world doesn't push the satanically evil Zionists back on such depraved actions.

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