Russian TV: As Tehran finally makes efforts to rehabilitate its nuclear program with the West, a new piece of counter-evidence emerges: a CGI picture of an allegedly Iranian nuclear blast chamber. The timing is just right, with Vienna talks starting Monday.
The image, which shows a white cylinder with a yellow pipe sticking out of it inside a hangar-like building, was provided to the Associated Press purportedly by an anonymous official from an IAEA country that tracks Iran’s nuclear program. The official noted that the picture was based on information from someone who had visited the Parchin military site suspected of harboring the chamber, but said giving further information would endanger the life of that person.
Olli Heinonen, the former IAEA deputy director in charge of the Iranian case, said he believed the drawing to be accurate, saying it was very similar to a photo he had recently seen. Heinonen also declined to name the origin of that photo to protect his sources.
The computer-generated revelation of murky origins comes just a day before IAEA and Iranian officials meet in Vienna. The IAEA will try to obtain permission to access the chamber in order to investigate whether Iran is hiding an explosives containment tank, used for nuclear arms-related tests.