China’s Illicit Nuclear Transfers to Iran

Gordon G. Chang über Chinas Beihilfe zum iranischen Atomwaffenprogramm:

In fact, Beijing has been deeply involved in Iran’s nuclear program for decades. In June 2002 the State Department publicly noted that China had violated pledges it made in October 1997 to the United States to stop aiding specific Iranian nuclear projects.

In November 2003, the Associated Press reported that the IAEA staff had identified China as one of the probable sources of equipment used in Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. Chinese specialists were working in that program at least as late as fall 2003 according to Michael Ledeen, writing in The Wall Street Journal. [Weiterlesen…]