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Quoted material in today\u2019s news from one of the killed nuclear (yes, weapons) program scientists:\u00a0 \u201cAmong the most important targets was Fereydoon Abbasi-Devani, the former head of the Atomic Agency of Iran and one of the founders of Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons-related work, according to David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security. Abbasi-Devani was a manager and senior adviser to the AMAD program, with his scientific work focusing on the development of neutron initiators, which fire neutrons into the core of a weapon to trigger a chain reaction. Abbasi-Devani survived a car-bomb assassination attempt in 2010 on the same day another Iranian nuclear scientist was killed. In a recent TV interview, Abbasi-Devani said Iran had all the knowledge it needed for a nuclear weapon. \u201cIf they tell me to build a bomb, I will build it,\u201d he said.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cHow Israel Killed Iran\u2019s Top Nuclear Scientists,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-29-25.<\/p>\n

It would be helpful to know what information Rafael Grossi (IAEA director) has.\u00a0 Is he speaking of enriching somewhere else than Fordow?\u00a0 \u201cIran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months, UN nuclear chief says,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 6-29-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter War With Israel and U.S., Iran Rests on a Knife Edge,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 6-29-25.<\/p>\n

Where?\u00a0 How?\u00a0 \u201cIran could start enriching uranium within months, UN nuclear chief says,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 6-29-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGrossi told CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner, that Tehran could have “in a matter of months… a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium”.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We congratulate and highly appreciate the courageous step taken by the Syrian State represented by closing the offices of the Polisario Front on May 27th of May, and we consider this achievement as a reward for the efforts we have exerted over the past ten years in uncovering the malignant role of this terrorist and separatist organization, which is supported by and connected with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and has been one of the Iranian tools in fighting against the Syrian people,” the Syrian Liberal Party said in a letter to President Al-Sharaa.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cSyrians urge Damascus to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-29-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Remains a Menace in the Americas:\u00a0 Tehran has spies and proxies across Latin America and probably in the U.S. as well,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-29-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quoted material in today\u2019s news from one of the killed nuclear (yes, weapons) program scientists:\u00a0 \u201cAmong the most important targets was Fereydoon Abbasi-Devani, the former head of the Atomic Agency of Iran and one of the founders of Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons-related work, according to David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security. … <\/p>\n

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