Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran is hiding a secret atomic weapons warehouse as he waves map and photos during speech at the UN
- Netanyahu claims Iran had a ‘secret atomic warehouse’ in Tehran on Thursday
- He held up a map and a photograph in an address to the UN General Assembly
- There was no immediate reaction from Iran, which denies building nuclear weapons
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says is a secret Iranian nuclear weapons storage site.
He claimed Iran had a ‘secret atomic warehouse’ in Tehran in an address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday
Netanyahu held up a map and a photograph of an outwardly innocuous looking in the Turquzabad district of Tehran, which he said was concealed as a rug-cleaning operation.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says is a secret Iranian nuclear weapons storage site
The Israeli premier said the ‘secret’ warehouse was used for ‘storing massive amounts of equipment and material from Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program.’
‘In May we exposed the site of Iran’s secret atomic archive. Today I’m revealing the site of a second facility, Iran’s secret atomic warehouse,’ Netanyahu said.
‘Iran has not abandoned its goal to develop nuclear weapons…. Rest assured that will not happen. What Iran hides, Israel will find,’ he added.
Netanyahu said Israel has shared information about this site with the International Atomic Energy Agency and some intelligence agencies.
There was no immediate reaction from Iran, which denies building nuclear weapons.
In his address at the UN General Assembly, he spoke out strongly against the 2015 Iranian nuclear accord.
He claimed Iran had a ‘secret atomic warehouse’ in Tehran in an address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday
Netanyahu said Israel has shared information about this site with the International Atomic Energy Agency and some intelligence agencies
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