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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Iran of hiding nuclear documents in a Tehran warehouse, which he says proves he has not abandoned his nuclear weapons program. .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United States Headquarters in New York, United States, on September 27, 2018. REUTERS / Caitlin Ochs
In a speech to the US General Assembly, Netanyahu used images and diagrams to show where approximately 15 kilograms of radioactive material were stored and called on the US Atomic Agency to immediately go to the scene with meters. Geiger.
"Today, I unveil for the first time that Iran has another secret center in Tehran, a secret atomic warehouse to store large quantities of equipment and materials of the Iranian secret nuclear program," he said. Netanyahu in a speech intended mainly to Iran.
It did not specify what was the content or suggested that Iran was actively violating a nuclear deal with the world powers in 2015, but its announcement should strengthen US efforts to take a longer line. lasts against Iran.
"Since we have raided the atomic archives, they have been busy cleaning up the atomic warehouse. Last month they removed 15 kilograms of radioactive material. Do you know what they did with that? He said. "They took it out and they spread it around Tehran in order to hide the evidence."
Netanyahu unveiled in April what he said was an archive showing a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program before the US decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
He added that Iranian officials had started cleaning the atomic warehouse, but they still had a lot of work to do because about 15 shipping containers were full of nuclear equipment and materials.
"This site contained up to 300 tonnes – 300 tonnes – of nuclear-related equipment and materials," he said.
As part of a nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers – Great Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States – Tehran has agreed to limit its nuclear program against US and US economic sanctions .
The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly stated that Tehran is honoring its commitments. France, Britain, Germany, China and Russia remained in the pact, vowing to save it despite the reinstatement of US sanctions against Iran.
"While the United States is confronting Iran with new sanctions, Europe and others are supplementing Iran by trying to help get around these new sanctions," he said. Netanyahu said.
Neither the IAEA nor Iran were immediately available for comment.
The Israeli leader also denounced Iran's ballistic missile activity, identifying three locations near the Beirut airport where he said that Lebanese Hezbollah was converting missiles.
"In Lebanon, Iran is ordering Hezbollah to build secret sites to convert inaccurate projectiles into precision-guided missiles, missiles capable of aiming at Israel's bottom with an accuracy of 10 meters," he said.
Report by John Irish, Arshad Mohammed, Yara Bayoumy and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Editing by James Dalgleish
