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Iranian official calls Russia’s seizure of radioactive material ‘lies’

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The reported seizure of a consignment of radioactive material from a Tehran-bound passenger at a Moscow airport is “a lie,” an official at Iran’s embassy in Russia has claimed.

Customs were alerted by a warning system at Sheremetyevo airport ahead of the Moscow to Tehran flight that radiation in the departures hall was 20 times above normal.

A passenger’s bag was then searched where Russian customs officials claimed they found eighteen metallic objects containing radioactive isotope Sodium-22.

But an Iranian embassy official in Moscow told news agency ISNA that Western reports on the seizure were aimed at “sabotaging Russo-Iranian relations and trying to create problems and tensions in relations by fabricating issues.”

“The news of the discovery of a radioactive consignment headed for Iran in Moscow is a lie,” the unnamed official said.

Russia’s customs service had earlier announced that a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 used for medical and research purposes was found and confiscated from the passenger on Friday.

“Eighteen metallic objects of industrial origin were found, packed into individual steel boxes,” it said.

“Tests then found that the objects were in fact the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 that had been machine-produced.”

The Iranian official, when asked about the Sodium-22, spoke of an incident he said happened several weeks ago.

“Around a month ago a misunderstanding occurred with a university student who was carrying material used for dentistry. This issue was quickly solved and he was offered an apology for the misunderstanding,” the embassy official told ISNA.

Russia has relatively close ties with Iran and has built its first nuclear power station in the southern city of Bushehr. Moscow has also delivered the nuclear fuel for the reactor.

Moscow has echoed Western concerns about the nature of the Iranian nuclear programme but has stopped short of publicly accusing Tehran of seeking atomic weapons and always said that the standoff should be solved by diplomacy.

Experts have long called for tight controls against nuclear smuggling so Iran cannot get hold of materials it is barred from obtaining under UN Security Council sanctions.

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3 responses to “Iranian official calls Russia’s seizure of radioactive material ‘lies’”

  1. American Infidels Avatar
    American Infidels

    The facts of these being medical isotopes are put to the wayside when you add the following FACTS:

    Iran is the number 1 sponsor of terror in the world. They are under
    heavy sanctions not to possess or transport nuclear material. Just
    because the said isotopes are not nuclear grade, they are radioactive
    enough to do damage to the human species. Iran is also chief instigator
    in the whole concept of martyrdom and the Islamic concept of Holy Struggle through jihad.
    Their suicide bombers have gone off around the world ever since, imagine
    nuclear ones… It would only take 1, and the world would go into a
    lock-down like never before and it would get very ugly.

    Packed inside a IED, or into a suicide belt upon detonation the radiological alarms will be going off and a panic will ensue.
    Have a couple of these go off in Israel or Europe and a worldwide panic
    will happen. (Not to mention they can kick out the inspectors at any
    time and “lose” some into the population.) 1 of these goes off in
    Israel, I would be very surprised if the rest of the Pals are driven
    into Jordan and a nuke hits Iran, if they are wounded enough, maybe even
    Mecca.Can you handle that outcome?

    It should also be noted that this can be utilized to enhance a nuclear warhead, a action referred to as a “salted bomb”.

    Dont let the MSM play this one down.For all intensive purposes, this
    could of been a test run to try the alarms, it most assuredly isn’t a
    isolated occurrence, and is just one more VALID reason that when we
    strike Iran in the next 12 months, dont say I didn’t tell you so.

  2. American Infidels Avatar
    American Infidels

    The facts of these being medical isotopes are put to the wayside when you add the following FACTS:

    Iran is the number 1 sponsor of terror in the world. They are under
    heavy sanctions not to possess or transport nuclear material. Just
    because the said isotopes are not nuclear grade, they are radioactive
    enough to do damage to the human species. Iran is also chief instigator
    in the whole concept of martyrdom and the Islamic concept of Holy Struggle through jihad.
    Their suicide bombers have gone off around the world ever since, imagine
    nuclear ones… It would only take 1, and the world would go into a
    lock-down like never before and it would get very ugly.

    Packed inside a IED, or into a suicide belt upon detonation the radiological alarms will be going off and a panic will ensue.
    Have a couple of these go off in Israel or Europe and a worldwide panic
    will happen. (Not to mention they can kick out the inspectors at any
    time and “lose” some into the population.) 1 of these goes off in
    Israel, I would be very surprised if the rest of the Pals are driven
    into Jordan and a nuke hits Iran, if they are wounded enough, maybe even
    Mecca.Can you handle that outcome?

    It should also be noted that this can be utilized to enhance a nuclear warhead, a action referred to as a “salted bomb”.

    Dont let the MSM play this one down.For all intensive purposes, this
    could of been a test run to try the alarms, it most assuredly isn’t a
    isolated occurrence, and is just one more VALID reason that when we
    strike Iran in the next 12 months, dont say I didn’t tell you so.

  3. Iran Aware Avatar
    Iran Aware

    The facts of these being medical isotopes are put to the wayside when you add the following FACTS:

    Iran is the number 1 sponsor of terror in the world. They are under
    heavy sanctions not to possess or transport nuclear material. Just
    because the said isotopes are not nuclear grade, they are radioactive
    enough to do damage to the human species. Iran is also chief instigator
    in the whole concept of martyrdom (shahada) in Islam can only be understood
    in the light of the Islamic concept of Holy Struggle (jihad)
    Their suicide bombers have gone off around the world ever since, imagine
    nuclear ones… It would only take 1, and the world would go into a
    lock-down like never before and it would get very ugly.

    Packed inside a IED, or into a suicide belt upon detonation the radiological alarms will be going off and a panic will ensue.
    Have a couple of these go off in Israel or Europe and a worldwide panic
    will happen. (Not to mention they can kick out the inspectors at any
    time and “lose” some into the population.) 1 of these goes off in
    Israel, I would be very surprised if the rest of the Pals are driven
    into Jordan and a nuke hits Iran, if they are wounded enough, maybe even
    Mecca.Can you handle that outcome?

    It should also be noted that this can be utilized to enhance a nuclear warhead, a action referred to as a “salted bomb”.

    Dont let the MSM play this one down.For all intensive purposes, this
    could of been a test run to try the alarms, it most assuredly isn’t a
    isolated occurrence, and is just one more VALID reason that when we
    strike Iran in the next 12 months, dont say I didn’t tell you so.

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