was there a bombing at this iranian nuclear site ??

Upload: ashish-ben-ajay

Post on 06-Apr-2018

222 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

  • 8/3/2019 Was There a Bombing at This Iranian Nuclear Site ??

    1/4

    Was there a bombing at this Iraniannuclear site?New satellite images show big changes

    at underground facility !!!!

    Evidence has emerged that seems to suggest Iran bulldozed ground and knockeddown several buildings to cover up an explosion two weeks ago at its nuclear

    site in Isfahan.Satellite images released by the Institute for Science and International Securitycompared the nuclear facility before and after the explosion and discovered

    major changes at an underground structure -- including buildings missing andevidence of earth being moved by machinery.

    None of this explains what actually happened in the blast, though the ISIS said

    there was no direct evidence of an explosion at the facility.

    No damage: This December 3 satellite photo of the Uranium Conversion Facility, Zirconium Production Plant andentrances to a tunnel facility at the Isfahan nuclear site shows no damage

  • 8/3/2019 Was There a Bombing at This Iranian Nuclear Site ??

    2/4

    Changes: A wide-view of the entire Isfahan nuclear site shows the location of the underground facility where thechanges took place. It's about a quarter mile from the perimeter fence

    At the time of the blast, The Times of London reported it had seen satelliteimages that proved an explosion had occurred at the nuclear site. It quotedIsraeli intelligence officials as saying the explosion was 'no accident.'

    The Institute for Science and International Security said it had studied satellitephotographs of a nuclear site near the Iranian city of Isfahan, after reports two

    weeks ago that an explosion could be heard in the city.

    More...

    y Help me: Retired FBI agent missing in Iran appears in hostage video sent to his familyy For the hard-up evil genius looking to move lairs: $18m Cold War silo (missiles not included) with underground

    bunker for sale at just $1.76m

    It found no evidence of damage from an explosion at the nuclear site, but signsof construction work at a site a quarter mile away that showed a 'significant

    transformation.'Western countries pay close attention to Iran's uranium processing because they

    believe it could be used to produce material for an atomic bomb.

    The Isfahan site produces uranium gas which can be fed into centrifuges

    elsewhere to produce the purified uranium needed to run a power plant or makea bomb. Iran says its nuclear programme is peaceful.Attention has been focused on the Isfahan site since November 28, when Iranianmedia reported an explosion could be heard in the nearby city.

  • 8/3/2019 Was There a Bombing at This Iranian Nuclear Site ??

    3/4

    Before: This August 27 photo of the bulldozed area show five buildings before the explosion occurred and themassive transformation took place

    After: On December 5, the buildings are all gone, their foundations laid bare and the work of earth movers can beseen

  • 8/3/2019 Was There a Bombing at This Iranian Nuclear Site ??

    4/4

    In conflicting reports, the head of the provincial judiciary was quoted as sayinga blast could be heard, but the deputy governor denied there had been a big

    explosion.ISIS said it had acquired satellite imagery of the Isfahan nuclear sitetaken in early December.

    'There does not appear to be any visible evidence of an explosion, such as

    building damage or debris, on the grounds of the known nuclear facilities or atthe tunnel facility directly north of the Uranium Conversion Facility,' it said.

    However, ISIS analysts identified a facility about a quarter mile from theperimeter of the nuclear site that 'underwent a significant transformation

    recently.'An August 27 satellite image showed that it consisted of a ramp leadingunderground with several buildings along the surface. But in a December 5

    image the buildings were gone, heavy equipment could be seen around the siteand there was evidence of bulldozing activity, ISIS said.

    Nuclear power: A uranium processing facility at the Isfahan nuclear site is seen here in March 2005

    'It is unclear how and why the buildings are no longer present at the site,' itadded.ISIS said the underground facility was originally a salt mine dating back

    to at least the 1980s. It was lately used for storage, although it was unclear whatwas kept there, ISIS said.The November 28 report of the sound of a blast in

    Isfahan came less than three weeks after a massive explosion at a military basenear Tehran that killed more than a dozen members of the Revolutionary Guardincluding the head of its missile forces.Iran said that explosion, which could be

    heard as far away as the capital, was caused by an accident while weapons werebeing moved.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072564/Was-bombing-Iranian-nuclear-site-New-satellite-

    images-big-changes-underground-facility.html#ixzz1nHyyBfD3