Iranian Documents Show Work On The Bomb In 2004

The following is from the AP: "A ranking International Atomic Energy Agency official called Tehran’s possession of a drawing showing how to make part of an atomic warhead 'alarming' Thursday and said the onus is on Iran to prove it had not tried to develop nuclear arms, said diplomats attending a closed briefing...The documents, outlined in an IAEA report forwarded Monday to the U.N. Security Council and agency board members, are part of evidence provided by board member nations to the agency for its investigation into allegations that Iran used the cover of peaceful nuclear activities to conduct research and testing on a nuclear arms program. One, dated January-February 2004 is linked to high explosives testing of the kind that can be used to detonate a nuclear device. Others, dated into January 2004 - and one as late as March 14 of that year - are part of purported evidence that Iran worked on designs of a missile re-entry vehicle that is normally a part of a nuclear delivery system."

These documents are far more than just "alarming." This is evidence of a mounting threat that cannot be ignored. Demanding answers from Iran is futile. There will come a time when it will become inevitable and Iran will have to be confronted. These documents have absolutely no use in a civilian nuclear energy program. Furthermore, the U.S. intelligence community needs to answer some questions about the most recent National Intelligence Estimate that claimed Iran suspended its nuclear program in 2003. These IAEA documents seem to directly contradict the joint assessment of the entire U.S. intelligence community. Tweet