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1 The revelation of the Command and Control Center for the production of the atomic bomb and nuclear war head National Council of Resistance of Iran Brussels 20 February 2008

2 Two undisclosed sections: 1.The Command and Control Center as well as the center for military nuclear research 2.The project of the nuclear warhead production

3 A. Command and Control Center for the production of the atomic bomb 1.In April 2007, the regime entered a new phase in its nuclear project 2. A center for command and control for completion of nuclear bomb was set up 3. The command center has been set up in Lavizan 2 location 4. The center is known as Mojdeh site 5. Commander of the site: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi, member of the IRGC

4 Location of the site Tehran Lavizan, Mojdeh st st. toward Babai Highway across from Nobonyad neighborhood (in the Noor Township). Township).

5 The satellite imagery of Mojdeh site

6 Mojdeh Site: This site is a highly secretive place and is under 24 hours protection of the security forces All personnel who are working in the site must conceal the location from their family members Many of the activities of the site are disguised as part of Malek Ashtar University, since the site is adjacent to the university

7 Skills and directorates in Mojdeh site and subsidiaries Design and management in nuclear weapons pr ogram Explosions and high energy material Ali Mehdipour Omrani and Saiid Borji Metal casting and machining (Hemispherical) Mehdi Tajdar and Bahman Toutiyaii Bomb detonation (Polonium 210 and Beryllium) Freydoun Abbasi and Electronic (Warhead and ) Mehdi Fesharaki and Mohammad Hossein Ghezelayaq Beryllium production (detonation and reflector) Naser Ehsani (at Malek Ashtar University) Naser Ehsani (at Malek Ashtar University) Forged steel (Centrifuge parts) Asghar Ebn Rassoul (Malek Ashtar) "Field for Expansion of Deployment of Advanced Technologies" Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi Deployment of robots in toxic tests Ahadi and Katanbaf Nano Diamond (Centrifuge lubricant production) Saiid Borji Production of artificial pure graphite Naser Ehsani (Malek Ashtar) Enrichment process (laser and ) Mohammad Amin Bassam and Majid Rezazadeh Enrichment (uranium and ) Fereydoon Abbassi and Mansour Asgari Manufacture of P2 centrifuges Ali Karimi Updated on 15 February 2008

8 Mojdeh site's links with other military and government centers concerned with nuclear weapons production Hemmat missile site Manufacture of nuclear warhead Defense Training and Research Institute )complementary role in research) University research centers Parchin site Laser enrichment, explosions " Field for Expansion of Deployment of Advanced Technologies" Nuclear weapons production command Secret centers in Tehran Pars Heating company Constr ucting tunnels and secret centers Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Enrichment cooperation Secret centers in towns and cities Updated on 15 February 2008

9 Two undisclosed sections: 1.The Command and Control Center as well as the center for military nuclear research 2.The project of the nuclear warhead production

10 Lavizan Lavizan 22

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13 The Nuclear Warhead This project is being pursued in an area called Khojir (south east of Tehran) Khojir is a military area and is completely secured The project to manufacture nuclear warheads is called Alireza Nori Industry

14 Khojir area map

15 Nori site map: B1 Nor i 8500

16 Nori construction site:

17 Key figure Dr. Mehdi Naghiyan Fesharaki Expert in computers and electronics Former director of Center for Training and Research of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) Currently: In charge of designs for the construction of nuclear warheads

18 Overview of Damavand street

19 Khojir entrance

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