How the Mossad broke into an Iranian factory and stole half a ton of nuclear records – Israel News

On January 31, a Mossad operation to steal files related to the Iranian nuclear program was conducted, according to a New York Times report. Mossad agents broke into a warehouse in an industrial area of ​​Tehran and, according to the report, had six hours and 29 minutes to complete the work before the morning shift arrived at 7 am morning. During this time, they turned off the alarms, crossed two doors, burned dozens of safes and fled the city with the documents.

Agents carried torches that burned at around 2,000 degrees Celsius to cut safes, according to the Times. The report suggests that Israel may have received some help inside, because it says Mossad agents knew exactly which safes to enter, leaving many others behind. intact. At the end of the night, the agents fled with half a ton of secret documents, including 50,000 pages and 163 compact discs containing files, videos and plans.

An Iranian image of test equipment for one of the parts of a nuclear bomb

The Iranians began storing the files at the warehouse after signing a historic agreement on his nuclear program with the United States, the European powers and Russia. China. This agreement has allowed the UN nuclear control body to access alleged nuclear sites in Iran.

Israel claims that after the signing of the agreement, the Iranian regime has collected files from all over the country on the nuclear program, storing them at the warehouse. The warehouse was not kept 24 hours a day so as not to arouse suspicion.

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– Netanyahu's speech at the press conference in April

The report was based on briefings that Israel gave to the Western media last week and included details from the stolem documents, which were presented in April by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech at the hours of prime listening.

The report further indicates that Israeli officials stated that Tehran had received help for its Pakistan nuclear program and other foreign experts.

Another report, from the Washington Post, indicates that Iran was about to acquire "key bomb-making technologies" when the program, referred to as Project Amad, was shut down there was fifteen years or so.