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Iran successfully has built a nuclear bomb with the help of Russia and North Korea and has enough weapons-grade uranium and plutonium for more, according to a source in the Revolutionary Guards intelligence unit.
The source, who has access to Iran’s nuclear program, said the Islamic regime is working out of seven nuclear sites, most unknown to the IAEA, and that its nuclear bomb program is complete.
North Korea has provided the regime with plutonium for nuclear warheads, the source verified, and the last obstacle to overcome is arming missiles with those warheads.
The source, who revealed the existence of the regime’s microbial plant and its effort on biological weapons as published on Jan. 1 by WND exclusively, now has provided information on two of the seven secret sites.
The first is in the town of Khondab near the city of Arak in central Iran where Iran’s heavy-water plant reactor is located, which, once operational, will provide enough plutonium for several bombs just in its first year. WND will soon publish information on the second secret nuclear site, which has direct Russian participation involving laser technology for uranium enrichment.
The Khondab site, according to the source, expands on the activity at Iran’s previously secret site in Fordo, about 80 miles away. When the existence of Fordo was revealed in September 2009, much of the nuclear bomb research and equipment was later transferred to Khondab.
Google Earth – FEB 2009 – Initial start of the work at Khondab
DigitalGlobe SEPT 2012 – Khondab secret nuclear facility
The new site, in the belly of a mountain, is immune to airstrikes. It has three levels accessible by three elevators. The first level is security, where personnel check in, cell phones, arms and other items are confiscated, IDs are checked and passage allowed. The second level houses the centrifuges and the third level the lab, where work is ongoing on both uranium and plutonium bombs.
The uranium enrichment on the second level is in two phases: The first phase has eight cascades of centrifuges into which uranium hexafluoride gas has been fed for enrichment; the second phase has 12 cascades with six already operational and six more being readied.
The planning of the site was approved under former president Mohammad Khatami, but the project was approved by the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and completed over two years ago.
Several high-power towers, visible in images, have been installed near the site to provide much-needed electricity for the centrifuges. The electricity flows only to the bottom of the mountain, where entrances have been dug out.
DigitalGlobe SEPT 2012 – All high power towers installed since work on Khondab – Several marked
DigitalGlobe SEPT 2012 – Power polls extend only to the bottom of the mountain where entrances are
“The imagery clearly shows some kind of highly sensitive and fortified installation supporting a deep underground facility inside the mountain,” stated Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA analyst and executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, an advisory board to Congress.
“The exterior facility has a huge security gate and guard post, the entire installation is surrounded by miles of deep trench and berm, like a medieval fortress, with modern security fences and guard posts.
DigitalGlobe SEPT 2012 – Security parameter of the site as marked
“And there are clearly two enormous underground entrances surmounted by a building that may power elevator shafts, escalators or a subway to the underground complex inside the mountain,” he said.
DigitalGlobe SEPT 2012 – Underground entrances & Air vents on top of the mountain
Of particular interest, Pry said, are the high-tension power lines at the facility.
“Whatever is going on inside needs a lot of electricity. Chemical and biological weapons programs have very modest power needs, compared to nuclear weapons programs, which consume enormous amounts of electricity.”
Pry said that Russia, China and North Korea are helping Iran’s nuclear and missile programs and that it is probably no accident that Iran’s underground facilities closely resemble those countries’ setups, which were intended to deceive the West during and after the Cold War.
“The discovery of previously unknown underground facilities of such size and potential significance in Iran is further proof that the U.S. is probably underestimating the advancement and sophistication of Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” Pry said. “The present policy of negotiation until Iran is caught red-handed moving toward nuclear weaponization is a policy doomed to fail – probably already has failed inside one of Iran’s underground nuclear installations.”
The site is supervised by Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, the father of Iran’s nuclear bomb program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative, former defense minister Ali Shamkhani, routinely visits the site.
There are 60 personnel working at this site, with four Russian and three North Korean scientists helping the Iranian scientists.
Iranian scientists Massoud Ali Mohammadi and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who worked on this Khondab project, were assassinated, Mohammadi in 2010 and Roshan last year.
Because of those assassinations, Khamenei has ordered the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security to keep a close eye on all employees at various sites and monitor their movement and communications.
Two missile sites in the vicinity of this nuclear site are hidden underground to protect the site from an airstrike.
Currently more than 2,000 centrifuges are enriching uranium at this facility, with more to be operative shortly.
With the failure in three rounds of talks since last April between the world powers 5+1 and Iran over its illicit nuclear program and the regime’s defiance in stopping its enrichment and preventing the International Atomic Energy Agency from inspecting suspect sites, the West is running out of options, the source added.
He said the regime believes that ultimately America will have no choice but to accept a nuclear-armed Iran.
WND last October revealed that regime scientists at another secret site were working on a neutron detonator for a nuclear weapon and warhead design for ballistic missiles.
Reza Kahlili is a pseudonym for a former CIA operative in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and author of the award-winning book “A Time to Betray” (Simon & Schuster, 2010). He serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and the advisory board of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI).
Reporters wanting to interview Reza Kahlili on this issue should email media@wnd.com.
WarSclerotic 
January 8, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Reblogged this on servehiminthewaiting.
January 8, 2013 at 4:53 PM
ITs time to nuke iran its the end of the road,that explains russias fleet,its all a huge miscalculation America ay well not help but NATO sees it all in a different light,and there is real scorn on obama there,Britain and France feel betrayed by America
January 8, 2013 at 3:19 PM
If this is true and the America of Obama will enter its winter hibernation sleep, then there is not much left to speculations here and they who must act will act. Let be no doubt here about the facts; 2013 is not 2012 and nobody will do the work in Iran for Israel. The Iran Express is in the station and its waiting.
January 8, 2013 at 4:10 PM
So now, I guess, the red line is how far the Iranians will be pushed before they retaliate with nukes.
January 8, 2013 at 4:24 PM
I suppose we all understood that Obama was not telling us the truth when he declared the Iran would never get nuclear weapons. His words and his deeds are most often not the same. With an Obama, Kerry & Hagel lineup the bottom line is this:
In the next war America will NOT resupply Israeli forces. No jet fuel, no bombs, nothing. Plan accordingly.
American Jewish elected officials like Senator Schumer are all Nebbishes. Remember that , they are nebbishes.
January 8, 2013 at 5:18 PM
America may not resupply Israel if a war breaks out only if can be demonstrated that Israel was the aggressor. Let all here be kind and let us explain a couple of simple, but crucial things.
The year is 1973, that faithful Yom Kippur october and the egyptian army was concentrated along the Suez Canal in some critical points, for a decisive break out through the israeli strong holds, along the Suez, The Bar Lev Line. All the israeli important state people knew what they were suppose to knew and still, no preemptive ’67 strike style was deployed against the egyptian menace. And why was that ? Because Kissinger made clear to Golda Meir – the israeli PM in that period – that if Israel will strike first, no logistic assistance will be accorded. So Israel waited and was on the edge before the IDF finally succeeded to isolate the 3rd egyptian army and winning the war. But, a heavy price was payed.
Today, the strategical situation is similar, the international players are in the same positions of demand, and it may seems to us that Israel is again in a difficult position. But this is not true, because an attack on Iran can be deployed without any israeli planes attacking openly in the iranian mountains. So if Iran will go mad because of any mysterious reason and will decide to attack Israel, then the american assistance will be asked and it will be given.
January 8, 2013 at 6:24 PM
In other words, Israel must suffer a ‘politically correct’ death toll before they are ‘allowed’ to pre-empt or retailiate.
January 8, 2013 at 7:18 PM
Other NATO country’s will resupply Israel and will come to Israels aid,you can count on that
January 8, 2013 at 6:40 PM
Yes, Steve got that right. Israel must sacrifice first ”something” for being able to properly react later. For example, Israel didn’t react at the first missile salvos from Gaza until it was clear that it cannot stand that anymore. If we are to attack first, that will be bad for jews and we are saying that very serious. And why is that ? Because of the special and unique position that the people of Israel – the chosen people – has in the world. We already debate this in another previous comment, so we don’t abuse now of the readers patience.
January 8, 2013 at 6:55 PM
We might need to contend with Obama for a while yet:
A United States congressman has introduced a bill that would repeal the 22nd Amendment, which currently limits the president to serving only two terms as commander-in-chief. Should the bill become a law, it could allow President Barack Obama to run for reelection yet again in 2016.
January 8, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Barak Hussein Chavez
January 8, 2013 at 7:15 PM
Obama’s New CIA Director: “Jihad is Holy Struggle, a Legitimate Tenet of Islam”
Obama Gives Hezbollah 200 Armored Personnel Carriers
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/obama-gives-hezbollah-200-armored-personnel-carriers/
January 8, 2013 at 7:28 PM
Justice…
I trashed your last comment for your own protection. I hope you understand.
I’ve read of less causing the jack-boots to show up at your house.
Be careful, my friend…
January 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM
cheers you are right it wasent very well worded,i was just repeating what i had read recently
January 8, 2013 at 7:34 PM
Whether this article is true or not, I think 2013 will be the year of decision.
There is still the possibility, that they don’t have a nuke yet, in which case a massive campaign of sabotage might delay the inevitable a little further but I don’t think they could delay it that much.
On the other hand Israel would be foolish, if it waits until the last moment, literally shortly before they assemble the bomb.
The risk of failure when trying to stop Iran at that moment would be too high.
The implicit assumption here is that the timeframes layed out by Netanyahu (and the IAEA) are correct and that.Israel is serious about stopping Iran.
January 8, 2013 at 7:49 PM
I am so sick of Netanyahu talking rather than acting. We all know the longer the Israelis wait the worse the inevitable war will be.
Right now it seems Israel will wait at least until Spring before taking action. Hopefully Netanyahu’s deadline at the UN last September meant something and wasn’t just another stalling tactic to justify inaction.
January 8, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Not many people here seem to know that Obama has been a puppet of Brzezinski for decades, and that Brzezinski is a core member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where long-term decisions are made concerning the strategic orientations of U.S. capitalism.
Clearly, they want to get rid of the current ayatollahs and get new people in power there : radical Muslim oligarchs who want an alliance with the USA, and agree to order imams in and around Russia and China to do their best to weaken Russia and China. The crucial question is : did the antisemitic Brzezinski convince the Council on Foreign Relations to sacrifice Israel ? One atomic bomb exploding in Israel is enough to destroy Israel.
January 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM
So what your saying is that the Council on Foreign Relations wants to use the president and the US military as its puppets to force a regime change in Iran and repleace it was a more dangerous but pro-US system?
Would you also agree that the ‘Great Game’ being played out against Russia since 1815 is at the center of whats happening around the world?
January 8, 2013 at 10:33 PM
AT last its starting to sink in,but i sadly say obama is a communist,and not on the side of the west
January 9, 2013 at 2:39 AM
January 9, 2013 at 11:51 AM
“The source, who has access to Iran’s nuclear program, said the Islamic regime is working out of seven nuclear sites, most unknown to the IAEA, and that its nuclear bomb program is complete.”
Which makes one wonder why the “source” doesn’t tell where these nuclear sites are located, so that the IAEA can have a look…
January 9, 2013 at 1:15 PM
You are quite right.
The answer is : one part of the U.S. oligarchy wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations, another part just wants to turn Iran into an ally, and maybe preferably with its nuclear installations intact.