The Father Of Iran's Nuclear Program Is Back At Work

Photo: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Tapesh Forum

Iran's Nuclear-Arms Guru Resurfaces -- Wall Street Journal

VIENNA—The Iranian scientist considered Tehran's atomic-weapons guru until he was apparently sidelined several years ago is back at work, according to United Nations investigators and U.S. and Israeli officials, sparking fresh concerns about the status of Iran's nuclear program.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, widely compared with Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the crash 1940s effort to build an atomic bomb, helped push Iran into its nuclear age over the past two decades. A senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he oversaw Iran's research into the construction and detonation of a nuclear warhead, Western officials say.

Mr. Fakhrizadeh complained in 2006 that his funding and nuclear-weapons work had been frozen by Iran's government, according to intercepted email and phone calls, U.S. officials said. The intercepts contributed to a 2007 U.S. intelligence report that concluded Iran had halted its attempts to build a nuclear bomb in 2003.

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My Comment: This is ominous ... and probably heightens Israeli concerns (and everyone else's) on Iran's nuclear program. For more info on Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, go here. What's my take .... someone is laying the groundwork to justify further actions against Iran and it's nuclear program.

Update: The Odds of a Secret Iranian Nuke -- Chris Whyte, National Interest