Iranian offers of secret funding, arms and training to al-Qaeda have been laid bare in a 19-page document declassified by the C.I.A. that shows how Tehran provided extensive support for the terror group in an effort to weaken the United States.
The previously unseen document, released with 470,000 files recovered in the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in May 2011, gives an assessment of al-Qaeda’s relationship with Iran, according to a senior jihadist in the group.
The Islamic Republic has promised that it will not renege on its side of the deal, in which the country promised to give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. However, the U.S. administration’s repositioning on the dealhas emboldened hardliners in Iran were against the accord.
“We can produce 20 percent [enriched uranium] at Fordo in four days but we don’t want the nuclear deal to collapse,” Salehi told Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, referring to a uranium enrichment facility in western Iran. He added that Iran would not allow international nuclear inspectors access to the country’s military sites, as it was not agreed as part of the deal
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