UN Nuclear Agency IAEA: Iran "Studying" And Testing Nuclear Weapons Technology

Just in case you missed the important news of the day hidden by the incessant sexual harassment media circus:

The UN's nuclear watchdog says it has information indicating Iran has carried out tests "relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device".

In its latest report on Iran, the IAEA says the research includes computer models that could only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger.

Correspondents say this is the International Atomic Energy Agency's toughest report on Iran to date.

Tehran condemned the findings as politically motivated.

"The application of such studies to anything other than a nuclear explosive is unclear to the agency," the report says...

The report highlights:

• Work on fast-acting detonators that have "possible application in a nuclear explosive device, and... limited civilian and conventional military applications".
• Tests of the detonators consistent with simulating the explosion of a nuclear device
• "The acquisition of nuclear weapons development information and documentation from a clandestine nuclear supply network."
• "Work on the development of an indigenous design of a nuclear weapon including the testing of components."

The report continues: "The information indicates that prior to the end of 2003 the above activities took place under a structured programme. There are also indications that some activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device continued after 2003, and that some may still be ongoing."

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