Pakistan helping Iran's nuclear Program: U.N. Agency

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50470-2003Aug26.html


Iran Admits Foreign Help on Nuclear Facility
U.N. Agency's Data Point To Pakistan as the Source
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 27, 2003; Page A17


Iran has admitted for the first time that it received substantial foreign help in building a secret nuclear facility south of Tehran that is now beginning to enrich uranium, turning it into a key ingredient in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, according to U.N. documents and diplomatic sources.

While Iran has not yet identified the source of the foreign help, evidence collected in Iran by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency implicates Pakistani companies as suppliers of critical technology and parts, officials familiar with a U.N. investigation of Iran's program said yesterday. Pakistan is believed by many proliferation experts to have passed important nuclear secrets to both Iran and North Korea. Pakistan has denied providing such assistance.

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Wonder why Iraq was in the axis of evil when all fingers point towards Pakistan was the proliferator
:think: