Satellite photographs released yesterday show that the explosion Monday at an Iranian military base at Parchin, where the clerical regime is believed to be working on its nuclear weapons program, did significant damage. The images obtained by Israeli media outlet Israel Defense and “analyzed by specialist Ronen Solomon clearly show damage consistent with an attack against bunkers in a central locality within the military research complex at the Parchin military compound.”
The Iranian opposition—namely, the Mujahedin e-Khalq—are taking credit for sabotaging one of the regime’s illicit nuclear weapons facilities. Skeptics, however, have contended that the accident may have been the result of a ruptured gas line or a munitions explosion. After all, they reason, why would the Iranians be conducting nuclear tests at Parchin the very day the IAEA was scheduled to arrive in Tehran and with demands to inspect that very base at the top of its agenda?
