New Information about Iran’s Nuclear Program and Infrastructure

Material from the nuclear archives seized by Israel a year ago combined together with information available from official IAEA reports provide strong indications that Iran’s nuclear weapon’s program had proceeded substantially further than what was stated by Iran and concluded by the IAEA in its latest assessment in December 2015:

• IAEA has assessed that Iran conducted feasibility and scientific studies to acquire technical competencies and capabilities, but the goal of the AMAD plan was to manufacture five weapons and be prepared to test one.
• There was a cohesive plan to manufacture nuclear weapons, and when and after the plan was halted, the IAEA was not provided with a full disclosure of the past nuclear program.
• To achieve the goal Iran started to build a parallel military front end fuel cycle in breach with its obligations under the comprehensive safeguards agreement and additional protocol.