On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference to elaborate upon the latest disclosures from the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding undeclared prior nuclear activities in Iran.
Ali Safavi member of the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee hosted of Tuesday’s press conference.
According to the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on February 23, 2021, the nuclear watchdog has found anthropogenic uranium particles at two sites in Iran. The Iranian regime had blocked access to these sites to IAEA inspectors for months. The regime has not yet answered the Agency’s questions relating to the possible presence at these locations of nuclear material. The IAEA Director, Rafael Grossi, on March 1, 2021, in his introductory statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, expressed the agency’s deep concerns on the finding of undeclared nuclear material in undeclared locations in Iran.
One of the two above-mentioned sites is located in the Abadeh region where a project called Marivan has been underway. Today, I will reveal some information about this site, which has been obtained from various entities of the regime through the network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran or Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
The fact is that the mullahs’ regime is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons as a strategic means to guarantee its survival, and for this reason, it has never abandoned its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. This pursuit has continued unabated for the past three decades.
More than 100 revelations by the Iranian Resistance about the sites, centers, projects and experts involved in the program confirm this fact is part and parcel of the mullahs’ strategy for survival. As the popular dissent is growing in Iran, demonstrated clearly during the nationwide uprising in November 2019, and with the change of balance of power in the region to the mullahs’ detriment, the mullahs need to obtain the bomb more than ever before.
The Iranian regime’s engagement with the world community over its nuclear program over the past three decades has been entwined with duplicity, denial, deception and cover-up. Deception and Duplicity are parts of the regime DNA because, as I said, the ultimate objective of the nuclear program is to obtain the bomb.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI), has stated time and again, including on July 14, 2015, immediately following the initial agreement of P5+1 with the clerical regime, that if the world powers had acted steadfastly, without economic and political considerations, they could have totally contained the regime’s bomb-making apparatus in that round of negotiations. She had warned: Total implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions, in particular total halt of enrichment, accepting the Additional Protocol, and free and unhindered access of the IAEA inspectors to all suspected centers and facilities, are necessary in order for the regime to give up its drive to acquire nuclear weapons. She reiterated her call also on July 14, 2015, hours after the JCPOA was agreed upon.
It is naïve to think that by providing concessions or overlooking its violations, the regime, will change its behavior. This has not happened and will never happen. A leopard never changes spots.
The ultimate solution is regime change by the Iranian people and the organized resistance. If the international community is genuinely seeking to prevent the central banker of terrorism from obtaining nuclear weapons, it must exercise firmness and hold the regime accountable for its action, including its nuclear hide and cheat.
