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Iran: “We never abandoned the idea of obtaining nuclear weapon” Iran’s former leader Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani makes an unprecedented confession regarding Iran’s true aim in developing the nuclear program.

Oct 28, 2015, 12:15PM |

Yael Klein

Source: Iran: “We never abandoned the idea of obtaining nuclear weapon” – JerusalemOnline

Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani stated in an interview for an Iranian news site that Iran attempted to manufacture nuclear weapon in the past. The official, who is the present head of Iran’s State Exigency Council, conveyed a threatening message that Iran maintains the option of developing nuclear weapons if it needs to.

Rafsanjani, photo archives Photo Credit: Reuters / Channel 2 News

Rafsanjani added that ever since Iran began developing its nuclear program, during the war with Iraq, the country was seeking nuclear capability as a form of defense, in preparation for the day its enemies would turn to the nuclear bomb.

He stated that the nuclear plan included from the onset the construction of secret sites, enrichment of uranium, manufacture of centrifuge parts, laser technology, and the heavy water reactor. In the interview, Rafsanjani exposed the secret Iranian-Pakistani relations established for nuclear needs in the 80’s. The Iranian leadership, which included himself and Ayatollah Khamenei at the time, tried to meet with a known nuclear scientist named Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had developed the nuclear bomb for Pakistan.

I had gone to Pakistan twice. In any case, I did not see him. Ayatollah Khamenei did not see him either. However, during the war, we were both pursuing to begin the work. It seemed that Mr. Abdul Qadeer Khan himself believed that the Islamic World should have the nuclear bomb. In any case, they agreed to help us a bit.” According to the news website, at this stage, the Iranian Resistance met with the scientist.

An explicit confession like Rafsanjani’s is unprecedented. The National Council of Resistance of Iran published an English translation of the interview to try and reveal the Iranian regime’s true policy.

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