Pentagon Nixed 1998 US Nuclear Scientists’ Probe of Iranian Program

Pentagon Nixed 1998 US Nuclear Scientists’ Probe of Iranian Program

by Gareth Porter

In 1998, the Defense Department vetoed a delegation of prominent U.S. nuclear specialists to go to Iran to investigate its nuclear program at the invitation of the government of newly-elected Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, according to the nuclear scientist who was organizing the mission. The Pentagon objected to the delegation’s mission even though it was [...]http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2012/10/29/pentagon-nixed-1998-us-nuclear-scientists-probe-of-iranian-program/