Iran releases information about Israel's nuclear program in a documentary film

At the end of September, the Iranian Ministry of Information published a series of leaked documents that allegedly reveal the background to the State of Israel's never-admitted nuclear program. The report was first taken up by the Tasnim agency and later also by Western media outlets such as DPA and AFP.

The Islamic Republic's government agency quoted the Minister of Intelligence, Esmáíl Chatíb, who spoke of an extensive package of secret documents relating to the alleged nuclear program near the city of Dimona in southern Israel.

According to a statement from the ministry, these documents were to be passed on to the Iranian secret service by employees of the Shimon Peres Center for Nuclear Development, members of the military, or ordinary citizens. As Chatib said, some were paid for this information, while others did so out of “resistance” to Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Netanyahu responded by saying that Israel also knows where Iran stores its enriched uranium. “We know exactly where it is. We have a pretty good idea of where it is,” he said on Fox News on September 29.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was aware of 400 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium before the Israeli attack on the facilities in Natanz and Fordow.

This would not be the first time that Tehran has allegedly received information about Israel's nuclear program, the existence of which Tel Aviv has never admitted. Most recently, in June, the Islamic government stated that it had “received” “thousands” of documents related to the alleged development of nuclear warheads or the enrichment of fissile material—precisely the processes for which the West has imposed sanctions on Iran.

“In addition, there are documents proving the official influence of Israeli officials and US senators on the IAEA and their procurement of information about our peaceful nuclear program,” Khatib told Press TV.

The documents allegedly prove coordinated pressure from Israeli intelligence agencies and “some” US senators on IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and his staff – which allegedly led to an unbalanced stance by the UN nuclear agency toward Iran's nuclear program.

The theft of the material in June was apparently an extraordinary event for the Shiite government, prompting state television to produce a documentary titled “Spider's Web.” The film shows footage of Israeli nuclear center employees at unidentified facilities, as well as the theft of the documents themselves.

BREAKING | Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence releases exclusive photos from inside Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, saying it holds detailed information on the regime’s nuclear weapons that will be useful for future developments. pic.twitter.com/l9spVudiOh

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Iranian agents are also said to have collected several personal photos of Grossi at the Dimona facility, which, according to the minister, points to blackmail by Mossad. In total, these leaked files contain personal data and addresses of at least 189 nuclear and military scientists, Chatíb added, explaining that the list is constantly being expanded as Iranian analysts continue to evaluate the material.

Iran's Intelligence claims it has photos and personal information about IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and his family, obtained from Israel. pic.twitter.com/FA7Or4pd4y

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In the documentary, representatives described it as shocking that several of these nuclear scientists were of “European or American” origin or nationality. All of the information mentioned comes from leaked documents from June.

In early June, Iran came into possession of secret documents. A few days later, the IAEA stated that its inspectors had found no evidence of the development of a nuclear bomb in Iranian facilities, even though a higher level of uranium enrichment had once again been achieved.

The next day, June 13, Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities, marking the beginning of the so-called Twelve-Day War. The US also participated by bombing Iranian centrifuges, but according to Minister Chatib, the first retaliatory strike targeted objects in Israel whose coordinates were known from stolen documents.

Although this information has not yet been confirmed by any Western representative, if it proves to be true, it would be an international scandal. If the IAEA had focused solely on Iran's nuclear program—which Tehran has claimed since 2003 is purely civilian in nature—and deliberately ignored Israel's (unacknowledged) program, this would fundamentally undermine the agency's credibility.

Iran has recently been hit with new sanctions for repeatedly exceeding the permitted amount of enriched uranium and the purity of the isotope. The European states in the E3 format have withdrawn from the 2015 nuclear agreement.