List of Revelations on Iran's Nuclear & WMD Activities by the Iranian Opposition since 2002
No | Date | Exposed Nuclear & WMD Activities | Presenter | Media Coverage | Iranian Regime's Position | Measure Taken by the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency | Result |
1 | 14-Aug-02 | NCRI exposed that a huge underground nuclear site is under construction near Natanz, gave details of the site as well as the exact address, and that it was camouflaged as a project to eradicate desert and no one was allowed to this secretive site. | Alireza Jafarzadeh, then US media spokesperson for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) | Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Fox, French News Agency, Aljazeera | Iran declined to respond to the correspondent of the Aljazeera Television. | During the September 2002 General Conference of the IAEA, the Director General asked to visit the site. The visit to Iran was originally scheduled for October 2002, but later postponed. In December 2002, ISIS showed satellite images of Natanz. IAEA visit finally took place from 21 to 22 February 2003. | IAEA found the site as described by the NCRI, and centrifuge machines there |
2 | 14-Aug-02 | NCRI exposed that a heavy water production plant is being built in the city of Arak, Iran. | Alireza Jafarzadeh, then US media spokesperson for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) | Associated Press, Fox, French News Agency, Aljazeera | Iran declined to respond to the correspondent of the Aljazeera Television. Later, after several delays, it removed some building segments, rebuilt parts of the building, removed soil and floor, new paint | During the September 2002 General Conference of the IAEA, the Director General asked to visit the site. The visit to Iran was originally scheduled for October 2002. In December 2002, ISIS showed satellite images of Arak. IAEA visit took place later. | IAEA found the site as described by the NCRI |
3 | 20-Feb-03 | Revelation of the Kala Electric Company in Abali, near Tehran which was registered as a watch making company, exposed that centrifuge machines were tested there; also production of centrifuge parts in Isfahan. | Soona Samsami, then-US Representative of the NCRI, and Alireza Jafarzadeh revealed the site in a Press Conference in Washington, DC | Washington Post, Reuters, Fox news, and dozen other Media | Not known | Upon visiting the "Kalaye Electric" Site in Abali in August 2003, the IAEA found the traces of highly enriched uranium | NCRI proved accurate about its revelation |
4 | 15-May-03 | During the Khatami's presidency, the Ministry of Defense formed a new biological weapons center to work on a biological bomb. That was called Malek Ashtar University, based in Lavizan-Shian Technological Research Center. | Soona Samsami and Alireza Jafarzadeh revealed the site in WDC Press Conference | Washington Post | Regime razed the building saying that Tehran Municipality owned the property and decided to turn this military site into a park! | In Agency's visit in June 2004, the regime had cleaned up all traces in the site and had even removed the soil. | Because of considerable delay in the inspection, Iran had the opportunity and the time to raze the entire site and remove soil. |
5 | 27-May-03 | The nuclear site in Lashkar Abad, near Karaj was exposed. The name of the company that did the construction (the front company used), Nour Afza Gostar. | Alireza Jafarzadeh, then US media spokesperson for the NCRI in a press conference in Washington, DC | Various News Media | The regime first showed the IAEA a nearby site, intended to prove the NCRI wrong; However, they eventually showed the IAEA the real site. | In Agency's visit in 2004, it was determined that the site was dedicated to Laser enrichment | NCRI proved accurate, and this revelation forced the regime to stop the activities in this site and close it down. |
6 | 08-Jul-03 | Exposing the Kolahdouz site for centrifuge and existence of several containers of product in Kolahdoz site where Defense Industry Organization hid a number of containers related to the pilot facility here in a warehouse about 2,000 square meters (20,000 square feet) with dimensions of 80 meters (260 feet) by 25 meters (80 feet). | Alireza Jafarzadeh, then US media spokesperson for the NCRI in a press conference in Washington, DC | News Media | Not known | The site was visited by the IAEA on 5 October 2003. The September 2, 2005 report of the IAEA, states that "the Agency found no nuclear related activities at Kolahdouz." | It turned out that by the time the inspections took place, the regime had moved the containers, and IAEA inspectors were taken to a similar area in the vicinity. |
7 | 14-Oct-03 | Exposing a site under construction in Isfahan intended to test centrifuges | NCRI's Press Conference in London | News Media | The regime had built the workshop for the centrifuges, but after the revalation, further work was stopped there to avoid detection | The Agency visited the location, but nothing was detected, because the regime had stopped the activity there | NCRI revelation halted Tehran's effort to expand the centrifuge program. |
8 | 19-Nov-03 | The role of military units and the Revolutionary Guards in uranium enrichment, dedicating several hundred millions of dollars budget for this purpose | NCRI's Press Conference in Vienna | Various News Media | Iran's military officials justified their involvement in building parts for the nuclear program as being similar to the work they do for other commercial industries! | In Agency's future visits it was determined that a major portion of the centrifuge production is done by the Ministry of Defense | NCRI's information regarding the role of the military was confirmed by the IAEA reports |
9 | 28-Apr-04 | Dedication of 400 nuclear experts to the Military Industries, exposing the new Center for Readiness and New Defense Technology (Lavizan 2) | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | The regime has refused to allow the IAEA access to the site, while there has been a number of activities intended to move equipment and documents away from the site | The IAEA has requested access to the building, but no visit has taken place yet | This is a significant nuclear site; the equipment from razed Lavizan site has been moved to this site, but the site has been kept off limits for an unacceptable duration of time. |
10 | 10-Sep-04 | dedication of 16 billion dollars to nuclear technology, purchase and smuggling of Deuterium from Russia, details of the Atomic Energy Organizations' front companies | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | Not known | There seems to be no action taken on the smuggling of Deuterium | Unresolved |
11 | 17-Nov-04 | Exposing a new activity, Laser Enrichment at the Center for Readiness and New Defense Technology (Lavizan 2), the equipment from razed Lavizan site has been moved to this site | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | Not known | The IAEA has requested access to the building, but no visit has taken place yet | This is a significant nuclear site; but the site has been kept off limits for an unacceptable duration of time. |
12 | 02-Dec-04 | Exposing the program for long range missiles and production of nuclear and chemical warheads, at Hemmat Missile Industries | NCRI Press Conferences in Europe | Various News Media | Not known | The Agency has not taken a position on the issue | The program to build a nuclear warhead is a very serious one, but no apparent IAEA effort to scrutinize this. |
13 | 03-Feb-05 | Details pertaining to Polonium 210, Beryllium and the names of the units and experts that are working on this project in Lavizan 2, as well as a front company, Majd Gostar | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | Not known | There is no indication that the IAEA has taken further action, Majd Gostar has not been investigated | Unresolved |
14 | 24-Mar-05 | Exposing the laser enrichment center in a hidden tunnel in Parchin | Alireza Jafarzadeh Interview | AP, Boston Globe, Fox News | Regime has not allowed a follow up inspection | The Agency was only able to conduct a limited inspection | Given the significance of Parchin, the agency's one time limited inspection of a small part of Parchin is by no standards adequate |
15 | 31-Mar-05 | Completing Arak's heavy water nuclear reactor by 2007 and the Supreme Leader's order to allocate 2.5 billion dollars for the purchase of 3 nuclear warheads | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | The regime is trying to deceive the IAEA by lying about its intended date of completion. Iranian regime's officials have denied this report | According to the Agency's report in 2004, the 40 Mega Watt Reactor will be operational in 2014. | both issues unresolved |
16 | 19-May-05 | Purchase and production of CMC, Graphite in order to use in a nuclear warhead; name of Dubai-based company used to purchase the material was revealed | Alireza Jafarzadeh Interview | Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Associated Press | The regime's news media denied it | There is no indication that the IAEA has taken further action, Dubai-based company has not been investigated | Unresolved |
17 | 28-Jul-05 | Production and preparation of maraging steel in order to use in the weapons' outer layer and to build centrifuges | NCRI Foreign Affairs Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin | Various News Media | The regime's news media denied it | The IAEA spokesperson said that the agency is investigating but so far there is no indication that any action has been taken | Unresolved |
18 | 09-Aug-05 | Iran has produced some 4000 centrifuge machines without declaring them to the IAEA, and they are ready to be installed at the site in Natanz | Alireza Jafarzadeh Interview | New York Times, Associated Press, Fox News, UPI, | The regime's news media denied it | The Agency has not taken a position on the production and warehousing of Centrifuges | This is contrary to the Paris Agreement |
19 | 18-Aug-05 | Iran has produced thousands of centrifuges in military industries, none of which have been declared to the IAEA | NCRI Press Conferences in Europe | Bloomberg | The regime's news media denied it | "We are assessing this just as we do all information," IAEA spokesman mark Gwozdecky told Bloomberg News. "We will follow up on all credible leads." | Unresolved |
20 | 25-Aug-05 | The regime has tried to smuggle Tritium from South Korea, a substance that can be used to boost nuclear explosions in atomic weapons. | NCRI Press Conferences in Europe | Reuters, UPI, | The regime's news media denied it | "The IAEA declined to comment." | South Korea has confirmed Iran's attempt to acquire tritium. |
21 | 26-Aug-05 | Meeting between Abdul Qadeer Khan, and commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 1986 and 1987 in Tehran; Iran reengineering the nuclear capable cruise missile Kh-55 secretly obtained from Ukraine. | Alireza Jafarzadeh press conference | AFP, Fox News, DPA, UPI, VOA, | The regime's news media denied it | The Agency has not taken position on AQ Khan's meeting with the Revolutionary Guards commanders, nor is there an indication the agency has requested to interview these commanders. | This is the first indication of AQ Khan's direct involvement with the Iranian military |
22 | 01-Sep-05 | Iran obtained 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of beryllium for its nuclear weapons program from China last year. | NCRI Press Conferences in Europe | AP, Pravda | The regime's news media denied it | The IAEA 2 September 05 Report states: "The Agency has, however, investigated evidence provided to it of attempts by Iran to acquire beryllium metal, and has been able to confirm that the attempts indicated in that evidence were not successful." | The latest information provided by the NCRI, is yet to be investigated by IAEA. |
23 | 16-Sep-05 | Iran has built several tunnels, some in the military sites including Parchin, to hide its nuclear weapons program | Alireza Jafarzadeh revelation at the NCI, IPC Press Conference | AP, UPI, Al-Hurrah, ABC Radio, | The regime's news media denied it | The IAEA has requested to inspect the Parchin military site, and the inspection of some parts of Parchin has reportedly taken place. | The IAEA has yet to report on this issue. |
24 | 21-Nov-05 | Iran Building Nuclear Capable Missiles in Underground Secret Tunnels | Alireza Jafarzadeh revelation at the IPC Press Conference | ABC News, AP, Reuters, UPI, AFP, Fox News, CNN | The regime's news media denied it | nothing reported | nothing reported |
25 | 10-Jan-06 | Iranian Regime executing plans to start uranium enrichment at the Natanz site | Alireza Jafarzadeh revelation at the IPC Press Conference | AFP, CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Global Security Newswire | The regime's news media denied it | On 9 May 2005, during a DIV at FEP, Agency inspectors observed some construction work being carried out in the underground cascade hall of Building A and in the ventilation building above the cascade hall foreseen in the design information for FEP submitted by Iran. Iran has described this work as civil construction, not covered by its voluntary suspension undertaking. In subsequent DIVs, the Agency has noted that this construction work is continuing. | The IAEA has yet to report on this issue. |
26 | 21-Jan-06 | Tehran has successfully procured two types of equipment, the Hot Isostatic Press and the Hot Press, to shape enriched uranium as part of nuclear weapons production at the “Materials and Energy Research Centre” | NCRI representative in UK at a Westminster Press Conference attended by Lord Corbett of Castle Vale | Associated Press | Th eregime's media have kept silent | Nothing reported | nothing reported |
27 | 31-Jan-06 | Iran using the Revolutionary Guards is constructing a top-secret tunnel with the code name "Hormuz," in northeastern Tehran as part of its nuclear weapons program | Alireza Jafarzadeh revelation at the IPC Press Conference in the National Press Club, Washington, DC |