Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told Iran’s Channel 4 this week that the Islamic Republic secretly acquired replacement parts when it became clear that the 2015 nuclear deal would require destruction of the Arak reactor, raising questions that his nation planned to breach the agreement from the outset.
WATCH: ‘We bought spare nuclear equipment we said we destroyed,’ admits Iran nuclear chief
Iranian Brigadier-General Amir Hatami and the new Fateh-e Mobin missile. (Tasnim news)