{"id":4484,"date":"2007-12-11T07:18:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T07:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/4484-iranian-opposition-teheran-resumed-nuke-program-in-2004"},"modified":"2007-12-11T07:18:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T07:18:43","slug":"iranian-opposition-teheran-resumed-nuke-program-in-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iranian-opposition-teheran-resumed-nuke-program-in-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian opposition: Teheran resumed nuke program in 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) &#8211; An exiled Iranian opposition group on Tuesday contested a US intelligence report  that said Teheran halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003,  insisting the bomb-making program resumed the following year. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We announce vehemently that the clerical regime is currently continuing its  drive to obtain nuclear weapons,&quot; said Mohammad Mohaddessin, a spokesman for the  Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"tbartop\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"210\" style=\"padding-right: 10px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The US National Intelligence Estimate released last week said that Iran  halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003 because of international  pressure. Mohaddessin told a news conference that Iran appeared to have duped US  intelligence into that conclusion.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The clerical regime leaks false information and intelligence to Western  intelligence services, through double agents,&quot; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Mohaddessin said Iran did shut down a Teheran weapons program center known as  Lavizan-Shian in 2003 under international pressure and demolished the site.  However, Mohaddessin claimed the Iranian authorities shifted their weapons  program to other sites, which resumed the work in 2004.  <\/p>\n<p>The NCRI is the political wing of the People&#8217;s Mujahedeen of Iran, an  opposition group that advocates the overthrow of government in Teheran. The  Mujahedeen have been designated a terrorist group by Iran and by both the United  States and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The NCRI says it was added to the EU terrorist list under pressure from Tehran  at a time when Western countries were trying to improve relations with Iran. <!-- display the rest of the  paragraphs --> <\/p>\n<p>It was not possible to independently verify the NCRI claims, which  Mohaddessin said came from sources within Iran, including some among staff at  covert nuclear plants.  <\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, the group disclosed information about two hidden nuclear  sites that helped uncover nearly two decades of covert Iranian atomic activity.  But much of the information it has presented since then to back up claims that  Iran has a secret weapons program has not been publicly verified.  <\/p>\n<p>Mohaddessin said Iran was continuing to develop nuclear weapons technology at  a site near the original plant in the Teheran neighborhood of Lavizan and other  units around the country. He said the group had checked with its sources in the  past week and discovered that the centers were still working.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;These centers are working just now for producing nuclear bombs. This is  contrary to the United States&#8217; National Intelligence Estimate,&quot; he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Iran claims its nuclear development is peaceful and aimed at producing  energy.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called the report  a &quot;step forward&quot; and said more such steps could create an &quot;entirely different&quot;  situation between the two countries.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We consider this measure by the US government a positive step. It is a step  forward,&quot; Ahmadinejad told a press conference.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If one or two other steps are taken, the issues we have in front of us will  be entirely different and will lose their complexity, and the way will be open  for the resolution of basic issues in the region and in dealings between the two  sides,&quot; Ahmadinejad said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) &ndash; An exiled Iranian opposition group on Tuesday contested a US intelligence report that said Teheran halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003, insisting the bomb-making [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-4484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-resistance","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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