The Jerusalem Post reported today that the missing Revolutionary Guard Brig. Gen. Ali Reza Asgari has defected to the US and is being safeguarded by the CIA. Asgari met up with CIA operatives in Istanbul before he was brought to the US.
The Post reported that Asgari has told the CIA that Iran is enriching uranium with laser in addition to using gas centrifuges.
The report on laser enrichment is very surprising. The technology has proved to be extremely difficult to master. If the report is true, it will appreciably raise the Western concerns over the Iranian nuclear program.
Asghari was a general officer in the Revolutionary Guard and a member of the Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
What About Bushehr?
ISNA quoted Iran’s national security officials today that problems regarding the start of work at Bushehr are being resolved and the country’s first nuclear power plant will start its operation within the next two months (ISNA, 5 July).
However, chief of Russia’s atomic energy agency told TASS news agency yesterday that the plant could not possibly be launched for another year (ITAR-TASS, 4 July).
Javad Vaidi, deputy secretary of Iran’s National Security Council told ISNA that the Iranian experts are finishing up the work at the plant and that he expects all outstanding issues with the Russians to be resolved in the next few weeks.
However, chief of Russia’s atomic energy agency told TASS news agency yesterday that the plant could not possibly be launched for another year (ITAR-TASS, 4 July).
Javad Vaidi, deputy secretary of Iran’s National Security Council told ISNA that the Iranian experts are finishing up the work at the plant and that he expects all outstanding issues with the Russians to be resolved in the next few weeks.
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