Posted on 05/01/2010 4:32:05 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Reports that Iranian scientists have received help on nuclear weapons development in North Korea have strained ties between Teheran and Pyongyang.
Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported last week that the rift arose after Iran suspected that North Korea had leaked top-secret information about the Iranian scientists who visited that country.
The report said that the differences surfaced after “blackmail documents” were sent by an Iranian exile group to several scientists engaged in Teheran's nuclear programs.
“The group demanded that they stop participating in the nuclear programs and threatened to kill them if they refused to do so,” the newspaper reported.
“Moreover, the blackmail documents reportedly cited the dates when the scientists visited North Korea to observe the launch of the ballistic missile ‘Taepodong-2’ in April 2009 and inspect a nuclear test in May 2009.”
Iran’s government summoned the North Korean military attache in Teheran in late February and urged his nation to investigate the leak, noting that information about scientists' visits to North Korea was top-secret and strictly controlled. He reportedly added that it was unlikely that the information leaked from Iran's side.
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Maybe N. Korean are trying to maintain their edge over Iran.
The North Koreans have totally lost their edge. Iran has developed and lanched a solid fuelled rocked while North Korea is still working with liquid propelled rockets. The pupil(Iran) has becomed the teacher.
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