An exiled Iranian opposition group Wednesday said Tehran has accelerated its alleged nuclear weapons program, including the production of nuclear warheads.
"The Iran regime entered a new phase in its nuclear project," said Mohammad Mohaddessin, a representative of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran.
He said that, for the first time, Tehran had established a command and control center to work on a nuclear bomb and that southeast of the capital it was also setting up a center to produce warheads.
Iran has steadfastly denied it is working to obtain a nuclear bomb, arguing its nuclear program is purely civilian. In December, the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate said Iran halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003 because of international pressure.
Mohaddessin told a news conference Iran had closed down one center only to open another later with the same purpose. He called the U.S. report "not accurate."
He said he had provided the latest information to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency Tuesday and urged them to investigate more sites in Iran and interview more scientists.