Fordo nuclear plant

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The Fordo nuclear facility is an Iranian nuclear facility for the enrichment of uranium . It is part of the Iranian nuclear program .

Its location is south of Tehran, about 30 km north of Qom . It is located in a system of tunnels on a former military site. Their existence was publicly acknowledged by the Iranian government at the end of 2009. The construction of this facility has been reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency . In January 2012, the IAEA reported that uranium was being enriched to 20 percent in the plant, but that this was under the control and supervision of the IAEA. In March 2012, the President of the United States, Barack Obama , threatened an attack on the facility to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. This is not just in Israel's interests, but a fundamental security interest of the United States. Another facility of this type is the Natanz nuclear facility . The Iranian news agency Fars reported on August 29, 2016 that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had deployed Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in front of the uranium enrichment plant. The delivery of the air defense system is part of an arms contract between Iran and Russia from 2007. The commander of the Iranian Air Force , General Farsad Esmaili , reiterated the need for the stationing in an interview with the state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iran: Atomic plant in Fordo soon to be completed , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 12, 2011
  2. ↑ IAEA: Iran produces highly enriched uranium , Frankfurter Rundschau, January 9, 2012
  3. ↑ Threat of attack on Iran's nuclear facilities: "Israel's government knows that I am not bluffing". ( Memento from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Tagesschau, March 3, 2012
  4. ↑ "... preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon isn't just in the interest of Israel, it is profoundly in the security interests of the United States, and that when I say we're not taking any option off the table, we mean it ... it includes a military component. "( Interview in The Atlantic , March 2, 2012)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131221014727/http://blogs.usembassy.gov/amerikadienst/2012/03/05/aipac-policy-conference/ Speech by US President Barack Obama at AIPAC Policy Conference
  6. ↑ Sky News Arabia: "إس 300" لحماية منشأة فوردو النووية الإيرانية. In: Sky News Arabia. Sky News Arabia, August 29, 2016, accessed August 29, 2016 (Arabic).
  7. ↑ 300 'في منشأة' فوردو 'النووية بالصور .. الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية تنشر منظومة' اس. In: Alahednews. Alahednews, August 29, 2016, accessed August 29, 2016 (Arabic).

Coordinates: 34 ° 53 '8.3 "  N , 50 ° 59' 48.1"  E