Two demolished smaller buildings at the suspect site and huge amounts of earth which had apparently been (re)moved in the vicinity certainly won’t contribute to urgently desired confidence building that Iran is not doing illicit experiments at the Parchin military complex some 30 km east of Tehran. While an April 9 satellite picture apparently showing water running from the building has led to humorous speculations by some over possible spring cleaning (rather than raised eyebrows) the new image of May 25, just after IAEA’s Yukiya Amano had returned to Vienna after discussions in Tehran about IAEA inspectors being finally allowed to visit Parchin need in fact explanation by Iran.

Last modified June 1, 2012.