Iranian VP Parviz Davoudi: Iran is Operating Over 12,000 Centrifuges...

Iranian VP Parviz Davoudi: Iran is Operating Over 12,000 Centrifuges; Any Attempt to Destabilize the Iranian Regime Will Undermine the Security of the Middle East and Entire World At a July 12, 2009 conference on promoting the mentality of self-sacrifice among women, convened under the auspices of the Martyrs Foundation in Tehran, Iranian Vice President Parviz Davoudi stated that Iran was making progress in nuclear technology as well as in the field of ballistic missiles, and that it currently was operating over 12,000 centrifuges. Davoudi stated that the struggle between Iran and its enemies was essentially cultural and ideological, and that the religious democracy of the Islamic Revolutionary Regime would prevail over Western democracy. He threatened that if Iran's enemies continued their efforts to destabilize the Iranian regime, Iran would undermine the stability of the Middle East and of the entire world, because it has a presence in all European countries and in the Americas. He also conveyed a warning message to opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran.

These are the Facility list (number indicates location on map):

Nuclear:

1. Bonab (38°26’N, 45°54’E)—Bonab Atomic Energy Research Center, unsafeguarded nuclear research facility
3. Chalus (36°39’N, 51°25’E)—possible underground facility for nuclear weapons development
5. Karaj (35°49’N, 51°00’E)—Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, laser enrichment equipment
5. Kolahdouz (35°44’N, 50°51’E)—possible nuclear weapons development facility
6. Tehran (35°42’N, 51°25’E)—
Kalaye Electric Company (35°44’N, 51°34’E), centrifuge enrichment research facility under construction; former pilot enrichment facility
Lavisan Shiyan Technical Research Center (35°46’20”N, 51°30’00”E), unknown nuclear research, facility razed in 2004
Sharif University of Technology (35°42’10”N, 51°21’20”E), nuclear research facility
Tehran Nuclear Research Center:
Jabr Ibn Hayan Multipurpose Laboratories (35°44’22”N, 51°23’18”E), experimental plutonium separation and uranium processing
Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Facility (35°44’22”N, 51°23’18”E), nuclear research facility
Tehran Research Reactor (35°44’18”N, 51°23’17”E), 5 MW light water research reactor, LEU fuel (116 kg of fuel, 20% U-235), experimental irradiation of uranium targets, under IAEA safeguards
laser enrichment plant
7. Parchin (35°32’00”N, 51°45’07”E)—suspected testing of explosive assemblies for nuclear weapons
10. Arak—
Arak Heavy Water Facility (34°22’12”N, 49°14’41”E), production of heavy water for nuclear reactors
IR-40 (34°22’21”N, 49°14’26”E), plutonium production reactor under construction
11. Natanz—
Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (33°43’33”N, 51°43’21”E), operational pilot uranium enrichment plant, 12,000 m2 above ground facility
Fuel Enrichment Plant (33°43’32”N, 51°43’41”E), uranium enrichment plant under construction, 60,000 m2 underground facility
12. Esfahan—Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center (32°34’51”N, 51°49’38”E):
Miniaturized Neutron Source Reactor, 30 kW light water research reactor, operational, HEU fuel (90% U-235), under IAEA safeguards
Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor, 100 W heavy water research reactor, operational, unenriched fuel (0.7% U-235), under IAEA safeguards
Light Water Sub-Critical Reactor, research reactor, operational
operational pilot fuel fabrication plant; fuel fabrication plant under contruction (32°34’42”N, 51°49’39”E)
underground facilities under construction (32°35’15”N, 51°47’49”E and 32°35’26”N, 51°49’04”E)
13. Yazd (32°29’N, 55°24’E)—uranium mining and milling
14. Darkhovin (30°44’N, 48°26’E)—possible underground facility for nuclear weapons development
17. Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant—
BNPP Unit 1 (28°49’46”N, 50°53’08”E)—near completion, 1 GW light reactor, LEU fuel (5% U-235)
BNPP Unit 2 (28°49’38”N, 50°53’17”E)—under construction, 1.3 GW reactor
25. Neka (36°39’N, 53°18’E)—Gorgan al-Kabir Center, possible nuclear research facility

Chemical/biological weapon-related:

2. Tabriz (38°05’N, 46°15’E)—possible biological weapons storage
4. Qazvin (36°15’N, 50°01’E)—nerve gas production
5. Karaj (35°49’N, 51°00’E)—chemical weapons production and storage; possible bioweapons research at Razi Institute
6. Tehran (35°42’N, 51°25’E)—possible bioweapons research at Pasteur Institute and Biotechnology Department of IROST
7. Parchin—chemical weapons production (35°31’32”N, 51°46’29”E and 35°32’59”N, 51°46’02”E)
8. Damghan (36°10’N, 54°20’E)—production of chemical warheads for artillery shells and Scud missiles
12. Esfahan (32°39’N, 51°40’E)—chemical weapons production
15. Bandar Khomeini (30°25’N, 49°04’E)—chemical weapons production
16. Mahshar (30°28’N, 49°11’E)—possible chemical weapons production
18. Marvdasht (29°36’50”N, 52°32’20”E)—mustard gas production
20. Abu Musu Island (25°52’31”N, 55°01’58”E)—chemical/biological weapons storage

Missile sites

9. Bakhtaran (34°22’N, 46°52’E)—possible underground launch site for Shahab-3 IRBMs
19. Sirri Island (25°55’N, 54°32’E)—HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs
20. Abu Musu Island (25°52’31”N, 55°01’58”E)—HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs; YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs
21. Queshm Island (26°58’N, 56°16’E)—hardened launch site for YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs; HY-1/CSS-C-2 Silkworm ASCMs; HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs
22. Kuhestak (26°48’N, 57°01’E)—hardened launch site for YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs
23. Bandar Abbas (27°09’N, 56°12’E)—launch site for HY-1/CSS-C-2 Silkworm ASCMs
24. Shahrud (36°26’N, 55°04’E)—testing site for Shahab-3 IRBMs
2. Tabriz (37°58’10”N, 46°10’41”E)—missile site:
SRBM/IRBM launch pads (37°58’04”N, 46°10’41”E)—for SRBM/IRBM TELs?
missile silo (37°58’18”N, 46°10’42”E)—for Shahab-3 IRBM?
missile silo (37°58’19”N, 46°10’41”E)—for Shahab-3 IRBM?

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