Iran Building Nukes

Via ABC News:

Nov. 21, 2005— Iran has built, with the help of North Korea, dozens of underground tunnels and facilities for the construction of nuclear-capable missiles, according to Alireza Jafardazeh, a Washington D.C.-based consultant and former spokesman for the National Council of the Resistance of Iran, an Iranian opposition group.

Speaking this morning at the National Press Club, Jafarzadeh described an "extensive large-scale operation" for the development of nuclear-capable missiles "in the most sophisticated, hidden way" in tunnels in a mountain range east of Tehran. Jafarzadeh named several Iranian entities involved in Iran's missile program, overseen by the Hemmat Industries Group. He said that eyewitnesses describe the facilities, begun in 1989, as an "underground township." Jafarzadeh added that, in addition to work on the Shahab family of missiles, Hemmat is overseeing work on a new long-range missile, Ghadar, which is still in development and has a projected range of 1,300 to 1,900 miles.

Atlas Shrugs reminds us of this comment by an Iranian member of parliament back in September:

Rice is a liar and one cannot count on what liars say. We Muslims understand the necessity of saying hello back. Americans are dreaming if they think they can force themselves on us by saying simple hellos and being affable.

We're dropping bombs in Iraq for less than what appears to be going on in Iran, and these people are worried about us forcing ourselves on them with ... hellos??