NYT Reports That Iran is building North Korean-designed nuclear missiles capable of hitting Europe

 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Defense and Space Achievement Exhibition on Sunday.

Iran is secretly developing nuclear missiles that can reach Europe based on North Korean designs, according to a new report.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has accused Tehran of expediting its alleged nuclear weapons program, with two facilities rushing to complete a working warhead capable of traveling more than 1,800 miles, according to their latest report.

Soona Samsami, a US representative of the NCRI, said Tehran is desperately working to keep the international community out of Iran and maintain the status quo as a means to buy time to fulfill its nuclear ambitions.

One of the facilities the NCRI flagged as a nuclear weapons site was the Shahrud missiles facility, which is being run by Iran’s Organization for Advanced Defense Research and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The NCRI estimates that the nuclear warhead being developed at the site would be fitted on a Ghaem-100 missile and capable of reaching as far as Greece, with at least three successful rocket launchers reported at the Shahrud facility.

Those rocket launches were allegedly concealed as part of satellite launches, the NCRI claims, with the IRGC planning to test launch more advanced Ghaem rockets in the coming months.

The second testing facility is reportedly located more than 43 miles southeast of Semnan, where Tehran is developing Simorgh missiles based on North Korean designs.

Portions of the Semnan site are hidden underground, with Tehran steadily expanding the site since 2005, according to satellite images provided by the NCRI.

The program in Semnan allegedly kept under wraps by linking it to Iran’s space program and establishing the Khomeini Space Launch Terminal, according to the NCRI.

Samsami said that despite Iran’s advancement, Israel’s attacks against Tehran’s air defense systems have created the perfect chance for the West to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Israel launched two retaliatory airstrikes against Iran last year, with the attacks decimating Iran’s interceptor missile launchers, leaving the Islamic republic vulnerable for a devastating assault if it chooses to attack the Jewish state again.

“Tehran has never been as weak and vulnerable as it is today. The desperate Iranian regime is thus speeding up the development of nuclear weapons,” Samsami told The Telegraph.

“Now is the time to hold the regime accountable for internal killings, regional warmongering, and nuclear weapons development,” she added.