{"id":221062,"date":"2020-06-24T16:26:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=221062"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:30:34","slug":"the-vital-role-of-iranian-resistance-and-mek-in-revealing-regimes-nuclear-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-vital-role-of-iranian-resistance-and-mek-in-revealing-regimes-nuclear-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vital Role of Iranian Resistance, and MEK in Revealing Regime\u2019s Nuclear Ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_221063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221063\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US-Department-of-State\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State.jpg\" alt=\"The Vital Role of Iranian Resistance, and MEK in Revealing Regime\u2019s Nuclear Ambitions \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Department-of-State-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Department of State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States State Department\u2019s Bureau of Arms control<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Verification and Compliance, in its 2020 <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/2020-adherence-to-and-compliance-with-arms-control-nonproliferation-and-disarmament-agreements-and-commitments-compliance-report-2\/#_Toc43298155\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published on Tuesday,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> while referring to the Iranian regime\u2019s violation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the nuclear<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Non<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proliferation Treaty <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NPT<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, underlined the significant role <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Iranian Resistance <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in revealing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> regime\u2019s nuclear ambitions and activities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran <\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(NCRI) revealed the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">information about the regime\u2019s nuclear activities to obtain nuclear weapons in 2002. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This information<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> obtained by the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">network of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2002, an Iranian opposition group publicly revealed covert nuclear facilities under construction at Natanz and Arak that Iran had failed to declare to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/un-nuclear-watchdog-irans-regime-is-violating-all-jcpoa-restrictions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IAEA<\/a>. Reports from the resulting IAEA investigation led the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to declare Iran in noncompliance with its CSA in 2005 and to report the case to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2006. In 2009, Iran announced another previously undeclared uranium enrichment facility under construction near the city of Qom, Iran, after the United States, the UK, and France publicly disclosed the facility\u2019s existence. From 2006 to 2011, the Security Council adopted multiple resolutions on Iran, five of which imposed binding obligations under Chapter VII of the UN Charter<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d read the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> State Department<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he Iranian Resistance\u2019s revelation of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natanz uranium enrichment site and Arak Heavy Water facility in August 2002, and subsequent revelations, unveiled the extent to which the regime\u2019s clandestine nuclear weapons work had advanced<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">led<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/irans-regime-nuclear-ambition-and-iaea-report\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IAEA<\/a>) and ensuing measures by the United Nations Security Council<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indeed, were it not for the Iranian Resistance\u2019s revelation the mullahs would have had the bomb by now and the fate of the Middle East and the world would not be the same.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s efforts to retain files, documents, and personnel related to its pre-2004 nuclear weapons program \u2013 as revealed in the atomic archive acquired by Israel in 2018 \u2013 suggest that Iran may have maintained this information at least in part to preserve technical expertise relevant to a nuclear weapons capability, and potentially to aid in any future effort to pursue nuclear weapons again, if a decision were made to do so<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d the State Department report added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While referring to the regime\u2019s continuous breach of its commitment under<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">JCPOA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the report reads: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As of November 8 Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile had grown to 372.3 kg U, comprising 212.6 kg U enriched up to 3.67 percent that had been produced prior to July 8 and 159.7 kg U enriched up to 4.5 percent that had been produced after July 8. In early September, Iran announced that its next step to scale back implementation of its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-regime-s-analyst-our-funeral-prayers-for-the-jcpoa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JCPOA<\/a> commitments would involve lifting all limits on its development of more advanced centrifuges for uranium enrichment.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> report reiterated: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States has made clear that Iran must comply fully with its nuclear safeguards obligations, without any further delay, denial, or deception by Iran that inhibits the IAEA\u2019s essential nuclear safeguards verification work.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States remains committed to denying Iran all pathways to a nuclear weapon. The United States has underscored that Iran\u2019s actions to expand its uranium enrichment program are unacceptable and have highlighted the continued challenge Iran poses to international peace and security. The United States will continue to encourage the international community to provide its full support to the IAEA, as it continues to fulfill its critical mandate to verify the non-diversion of nuclear energy to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. The United States has made clear that Iran must cooperate fully and promptly with the IAEA on all such issues.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States State Department&rsquo;s Bureau of Arms control, Verification and Compliance, in its 2020 report published on Tuesday, while referring to the Iranian regime&rsquo;s violations of the nuclear Non&ndash;Proliferation [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":221063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-221062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-mek-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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