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Iran Denies Reports of Explosion at Underground Nuclear Facility
Arutz Sheva ^ | 28/1/13 | Elad Benari

Posted on 01/28/2013 3:03:06 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Iran has denied reports that surfaced over the weekend about an explosion at its at its underground Fordow nuclear plant.

According to a report in the Iranian IRNA news agency, the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Seyyed Shamseddin Barbroudi, said on Sunday that that there has been no explosion whatsoever in the Fordow nuclear facility.

The chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said that the reports of the blast were nothing but “Western-made propaganda,” according to IRNA.

On Friday, the American WND website reported that an explosion had occurred deep within Fordow.

According to the report, the explosion which took place last Monday destroyed much of the installation and trapped about 240 personnel deep underground.

The report of the blast was passed on to WND by Hamidreza Zakeri, formerly with the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence and National Security.

Zakeri said that the blast shook facilities within a radius of three miles. Security forces enforced a no-traffic radius of 15 miles, and the Tehran-Qom highway was shut down for several hours after the blast, the source said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: deny; explosion; fordow; iran; israel; russia; waronterror
US Denies Reports of Fordow Explosion http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/260872#.UQcByzGcX20 White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Monday that the U.S. does not believe media reports about an explosion in Iran’s Fordow underground nuclear uranium enrichment facility. .....

Jay Carney is really Baghdad Bob.

1 posted on 01/28/2013 3:03:19 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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2 posted on 01/28/2013 3:05:52 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Eleutheria5

God: Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Allah: Lie as much as you want, as long as it’s to infidels.


3 posted on 01/28/2013 3:09:48 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Nothing has happened, of course! And the seismographs are just more Zionist lies! hahaha!


4 posted on 01/28/2013 3:55:05 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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IBBBP

(In before Baghdad Bob picture)

5 posted on 01/28/2013 4:21:12 PM PST by ZOOKER ( Exploring the fine line between cynicism and outright depression)
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To: Eleutheria5

I believe that Israel’s government would only have commented if the story were true. I also understand why Iran denied it. The question is how does it advance Obama’s agenda to have Carney deny it? I am not getting that.


6 posted on 01/28/2013 5:05:24 PM PST by Piranha (If you seek perfection you will end up with Democrats.)
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Zero doesn’t have all his minions in power and fully stocked with weapons just yet so hes holding back.


7 posted on 01/28/2013 5:57:14 PM PST by VRWCarea51
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To: Piranha

I am not getting that.


No need for skyrocketing oil prices just when the left is trying to forcefeed us gungrabbing.


8 posted on 01/28/2013 6:02:32 PM PST by txhurl
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