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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031003097.html
UN Alleges Nuclear Work by Iran's Civilian Scientists
[Washington Post] - Joby Warrick Iranian nuclear engineer Mohsen Fakhrizadeh lectures weekly on physics at Tehran's Imam Hossein University. Yet for more than a decade, according to documents attracting interest among Western governments, he also ran secret programs aimed at acquiring sensitive nuclear technology for his government. IAEA officials say these documents, which were provided to the UN nuclear agency in recent months by two countries other than the U.S., identify Fakhrizadeh and other civilian scientists as central figures in a secret nuclear research program that operated as recently as 2003. The documents purport to show advanced research into a variety of nuclear-related technologies, including uranium ore processing, warhead modification, and the precision-firing of high explosives of the type used to detonate a nuclear device.