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Originally Posted by iainl140285
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Hmm. iainl, that's an interesting bit!
In December, Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of detaining an Iranian nuclear scientist and handing him over to the US. Saudi Arabia denied the claim.
The latest on the enrichment facilities was this:
Sunday 25 October 2009 16.23 GMT
The disclosure last month of Iran's second enrichment facility – known as Fordo after a village believed to have the largest percentage of fighters killed in the 1980-88 war with Iraq – raised international suspicion over the extent and aim of Tehran's nuclear programme.
But Iran says that by reporting the existence of the site voluntarily to the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, it "pre-empted a conspiracy" against Tehran by the US and its allies who were hoping to present the site as evidence that Iran was developing its nuclear programme in secret.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...-facility-iran
Ray McGovern said that Iran was 10 years out on actual nuclear weapons. There have also been moves by the USA to regulate the sale of parts needed to construct them.