Iran's Former Nuclear Chief Hints That Tehran's Nuclear Program Was Focused On Nuclear Weapons

Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, the ex-head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, has hinted that Tehran's nuclear programme was geared towards creating a nuclear bomb  

Daily Mail: Iranian nuclear chief hints Tehran's atomic programme WAS geared towards building a nuclear bomb 

* Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani has admitted a nuclear 'system' was in place in Iran 

* He said the programme encompassed 'satellites, missiles and nuclear weapons' 

* Leaders have always claimed the nuclear programme was for peaceful purposes 

* It comes as talks on Iran's nuclear capabilities reopened today after five months 

A former Iranian nuclear chief has hinted that top scientists in Tehran have been secretly building nuclear bombs despite decades of denials. 

Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, the ex-head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, admitted a 'system' existed with military capabilities. 

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had even issued a fatwa against developing and using nuclear weaponry and leaders repeatedly claimed its nuclear sites were only ever intended for peaceful purposes.  

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Update: Former Iranian nuclear head hints Fakhrizadeh worked on nuclear weapons (Jerusalem Post)  

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