{"id":246018,"date":"2021-08-30T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=246018"},"modified":"2023-01-31T22:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:39:02","slug":"whos-mohammad-eslami-a-totally-irrelevant-choice-or-a-perfect-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/whos-mohammad-eslami-a-totally-irrelevant-choice-or-a-perfect-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Mohammad Eslami: A Totally Irrelevant Choice or A Perfect Match?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Sunday, Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, the new Iranian regime’s president, announced that he\u2019d chosen Mohammad Eslami as his deputy and the new head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Thereby, Eslami replaced Ali Akbar Salehi, who served the post since August 2013 and played a crucial role in the nuclear talks that led to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).<\/p>\n

Despite Persian language and international media focusing on Eslami\u2019s academic background, his lacking scientific qualifications in the nuclear field, coupled with the designation by the United Nations for his role in the regime\u2019s \u201cnuclear weapons program,\u201d an in-depth look might reveal that his appointment isn\u2019t that way off after all. He might not possess the credentials, but he certainly does know more about the Iranian nuclear program than you might think.<\/p>\n

On September 28, 2008, under the resolution 1803, the UN sanctioned<\/a> Mohammad Eslami as head of Iran’s Defense Industries Training and Research Institute, for \u201cbeing engaged in, directly associated with or providing support for Iran\u2019s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to the revelations on August 26, 2005, by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mohammad Eslami has been a veteran member of the research directorate for the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) who reportedly headed its delegation in meetings with Abdul Qadir Khan (AQ Khan, the father of the Pakistan atomic bomb who ran an extensive smuggling network) in 1986 and 1987, when the Iranian nuclear program was in its early stages. At that time, the main mission of the IRGC research was researching the nuclear bomb, and the meetings took place in Tehran, and the IRGC delegation was comprised of three officials. Reza Amrollahi coordinated it, then the Head of the AEOI.\u00a0 The Los Angeles Times wrote<\/a> on September 23, 2005:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1987, Khan and two middlemen who had helped Pakistan build its bomb had sold centrifuge components and designs to Iran, which was embarking on its own secret nuclear program. The deal was finalized at a meeting in Dubai by two of Khan\u2019s associates, and three Iranians, one of whom was identified this week by an exile group as Mohammad Eslami, at the time a top official of the elite Revolutionary Guards. It is the first known transaction in what would mushroom into the world\u2019s largest private proliferation network.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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