{"id":214592,"date":"2020-03-22T11:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T11:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214592"},"modified":"2023-01-23T06:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T05:18:14","slug":"continued-work-by-the-organization-producing-nuclear-weapons-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/continued-work-by-the-organization-producing-nuclear-weapons-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Continued Work by the Organization Producing Nuclear Weapons in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to the reports obtained from inside the Iranian regime, currently\u00a0Sepand\u2019s\u00a0nuclear weapons-producing organization, headed by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohsen\u00a0Fakhrizadeh\u00a0Mahabadi, continues to operate in Iran.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on March 17 that new sanctions would be imposed on some Iranian nuclear program\u00a0<\/span>operators<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, March 18, the United States announced the names of five of these individuals:\u00a0<\/span>Aref<\/span>\u00a0Bali\u00a0<\/span>Lashk<\/span>\u00a0(September 1963, Noshahr, Iran) Senior Expert of the \u201c<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0[Logistics] Plan,\u201d Sayed Mohammad Mehdi Hadavi (22 September 1963, Tehran, Iran) the project supervisor at the time of the \u201c<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0Plan\u201d implementation, Kamran Daneshjoo (July 5 1957, Damavand, Iran) Project Manager of the 111th section of the\u00a0<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0Plan (which, according to IAEA data, was attempting to modify a Shahab missile to install a possible nuclear device on it) Mehdi\u00a0<\/span>Tehranchi<\/span>\u00a0(July 5, 1956, Tehran, Iran) Subproject supervisor of the ”\u00a0<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0Project” (responsible for testing nuclear explosion) Ali\u00a0<\/span>Mehdipour<\/span>\u00a0Omrani (April 16, 1973, Tonekabon, Iran) Senior Expert in Subproject 3\/11 of the\u00a0 “Logistics Design” (Project Simulation Team responsible for Nuclear Weapons Design)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The initial location of the\u00a0<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0Plan was first revealed by the Iranian Resistance in May 2003, which was on the\u00a0<\/span>Lavizane<\/span>-e Shian site, in Tehran. The IRGC was forced to demolish the\u00a0<\/span>Lavizane<\/span>-e Shian site in December 2003 and excavate\u00a0<\/span>four<\/span>\u00a0meters deep and move it to another location<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> in April and November 2004 revealed its new location, which was situated at Lavizan 2 site, also known as the \u201cMojdeh Site.\u201d The NCRI identified the organization as \u201cThe Center of Logistics and New Defense Technologies.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n2017-@NCRIUS<\/a> called METFAZ,which was part of SPND,the latest known incarnation of the ‘Amad Plan’
\nDirector of unit was Mohammad Ferdowsi,an engineer+high-explosive expert,working at Defense Ministry since1986,serving as board of directors chair of High-Explosive Society of MUT pic.twitter.com\/T5u8xzNTvN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I<\/span>n the ensuing year, the organization which was assigned\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>implement the \u201c<\/span>Amad<\/span>\u00a0Plan\u201d changed its name to SEPAND (New Defense\u00a0<\/span>Researches<\/span>\u00a0Organization). This change of organization and the new name of this organization was first revealed by the Iranian Resistance in July 2011. The names of those executives, who have recently\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>added to the U.S. list of sanctions, were previously revealed by the NCRI. Names of Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Mahdavi and Ali\u00a0Mehdipour\u00a0Omrani were exposed in a February 2008 press conference in Brussels, the name of\u00a0 Kamran Daneshjoo and the Name of\u00a0<\/span>Aref<\/span>\u00a0Bali\u00a0<\/span>Lashk<\/span>\u00a0on May 10, 2012 in the German newspaper Die Welt and the overall organization chart of Sepand was also announced.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian\u00a0<\/span>R<\/span>esistance on April 21, 2017, exposed the continuation of the organization of producing nuclear weapon and the expansion of a part of its activities, at a press conference in Washington D.C.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPND has many secret centers. #Iran<\/a> Resistance has exposed 15 sites &front companies tied to SPND#IranDeal<\/a> #FreeIran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/M2e75LFTpy<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n