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Iranian Politician Alireza Zakani: Tens of Thousands of Centrifuges Damaged in Natanz Blast
Memri ^ | Apr 14, 2021

Posted on 04/17/2021 8:04:34 PM PDT by Conservat1

Iranian politician Alireza Zakani, head of the Majles Research Center said in the wake of the April 11 blast in the Natanz nuclear facility that Iran must increase uranium enrichment to more than 60%. He made these remarks in an interview that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) on April 12, 2021. Zakani said that Iran needs uranium enriched to 56% in order to fuel the propellants in submarines and for “other purposes.” He also said that uranium enrichment to more than 60% is what increases Iran’s bargaining ability and it is also what Iran needs. Zakani said that the 20% enrichment in Fordow can be quickly directed in a way that would be “tangible” to the West. He stated: they will realize that they cannot toy with us. He said that Iran has become a “haven for spies,” and the fact that Obama had agreed to pay $1.7 billion in exchange for the release of American journalist Jason Rezaian is a message to “all other spies” that their price is high and they should betray their country. Rezaian, an Iranian-American journalist was imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges. For more about Alireza Zakani, see MEMRITV clips Nos. 8519, and 7253.


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alirezazakani; fordow; iran; israel; jasonrezaian; majles; natanz; nuclearbomb; ofoghtv; submarines; uranium; waronterror
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1 posted on 04/17/2021 8:04:34 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

BMUP!!!


2 posted on 04/17/2021 8:07:33 PM PDT by txhurl (whoa)
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To: txhurl

👍


3 posted on 04/17/2021 8:11:56 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

Sounds like Bibi remains active. The Israelis are not going to allow suicidal ragheads to blow up their country.


4 posted on 04/17/2021 8:16:33 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Conservat1

God bless the Mossad.


5 posted on 04/17/2021 8:20:47 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: twister881

Almost like Trump uprooted and salted every Iranian sapling hussein & valjar planted.


6 posted on 04/17/2021 8:25:57 PM PDT by txhurl (whoa)
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To: Conservat1

These guys are sitting on an ocean of oil.

What do they need uranium for?


7 posted on 04/17/2021 8:27:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Mossad denies ever having heard of a country called Iran.


8 posted on 04/17/2021 8:28:10 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: BenLurkin
"What do they need uranium for?"

It's called 'world domination' and 'Jihad'

9 posted on 04/17/2021 8:31:41 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: twister881

Blowed up, real good!


10 posted on 04/17/2021 8:56:47 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Conservat1
Zakani said that Iran needs uranium enriched to 56% in order to fuel the propellants in submarines and for “other purposes.”

Pretty sure it only has to be 3.2% to fuel a nuclear reactor. Perhaps the small reactors in nuclear submarines require a bit more concentration for some reason, but not 56%.

More to the point, Iran doesn't have any nuclear submarines. They tried to get Russia to retro-fit one of their old Kilo class diesel electric subs with a nuclear reactor, but Russia declined. It was a lunatic idea. Iran has since announced that they are developing a reactor for submarine propulsion domestically, but Iran says a lot of things and this is not generally deemed a credible boast.

11 posted on 04/17/2021 9:02:09 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: BenLurkin

Power through terroristic threats.


12 posted on 04/17/2021 9:08:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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>> Alireza Zakani

Some call him: Mr Vax


13 posted on 04/17/2021 9:10:34 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeeSharp

I’m thinking that they need 20% to be used for fuel and 95% for weapons. But I think that higher concentrations than 20% are needed for breeder reactors to produce plutonium 239 which is very useful for weapons and much easier to produce than weapons grade uranium.


14 posted on 04/17/2021 9:11:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I sure wish we could find out how it was done.


15 posted on 04/17/2021 9:38:59 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: SeeSharp
"but Iran says a lot of things and this is not generally deemed a credible boast."

I hope, most take anything Iranians say with lots of grains of salt...

16 posted on 04/17/2021 10:15:14 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I think, one Iranian expert said that the explosives were planted inside a table...


17 posted on 04/17/2021 10:16:21 PM PDT by Conservat1
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What Iran needs is another explosion, this time taking out the fanatics and their scientists/workers.

As for Natanz, as Bing Crosby once sang, “Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow”.


18 posted on 04/17/2021 10:41:17 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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[Iranian Politician Alireza Zakani: Tens of Thousands of Centrifuges Damaged in Natanz Blast]



Kramer: "That's a shame!"
19 posted on 04/18/2021 2:16:19 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Conservat1

were planted inside a table...

Probably the last time they order from Stein and Sons Table Supply Super Store.


20 posted on 04/18/2021 4:01:42 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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