Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Will North Korea Share Its Nuclear Secrets With Iran?

A ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran, March 9, 2016. Mahmood Hosseini, Reuters

Washington Free Beacon: North Korea Nuclear Progress Puts Iran on Renewed Pathway to Bomb

Iranian, North Korean leaders meet after hydrogen bomb test, testing U.S. resolve

U.S. officials are closely monitoring an ongoing meeting between senior North Korean and Iranian officials that comes on the heels of a nuclear test by Pyongyang, according to senior Trump administration officials and other sources who expressed concern that North Korea is helping to put the Islamic Republic back on the pathway to a functional nuclear weapon.

Sources told the Washington Free Beacon that Pyongyang continues to stockpile illicit nuclear material on Iran's behalf in order to help the Islamic Republic skirt restrictions implemented under the landmark nuclear deal.

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WNU Editor: There is an error in the above Washington Free Beacon article .... this meeting between North Korean and Iranian leaders occurred last month .... not after this weekend's nuclear test .... North Korea's #2 Top Official Cuts His Trip Short To Iran As The Crisis Between The U.S. And North Korea Intensifies (August 8, 2017). Error on the dates aside, the North Korean - Iranian history of military cooperation has been known for a long time .... and there has been more than enough leaks indicating that they are sharing missile and nuclear technology. My prediction .... after this weekend's nuclear test, this cooperation is going to intensify.

Update: No .... this is not the model to use with North Korea .... Germany's Merkel: Iran deal a model for solving North Korea problem (FOX News).

1 comment:

jimbrown said...

Convenient that Iran has some cash to spend on some nukes.