Iran builds a secret underground complex as nuclear tensions rise

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Iran builds a secret underground complex as nuclear tensions rise
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 12/03/2006)

Iran's leaders have built a secret underground emergency command centre in Teheran as they prepare for a confrontation with the West over their illicit nuclear programme, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

The complex of rooms and offices beneath the Abbas Abad district in the north of the capital is designed to serve as a bolthole and headquarters for the country's rulers as military tensions mount. The Revolutionary Guard has overseen the development of subterranean chambers and tunnels - some more than half a mile long and an estimated 35ft high and wide - at sites across the country for research and development work on nuclear and rocket programmes.

The underground strategy is partly designed to hide activities from satellite view and international inspections but also reflects a growing belief in Teheran that its showdown with the international community could end in air strikes by America or Israel. "Iran's leaders are clearly preparing for a confrontation by going underground," said Alireza Jafarzadeh NCRI official...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/wiran12.xml

[mike sl600 canada]

HAH ,how secret can it be they,ve just been found, im sure the US has bombs that can reach them, they are just digging an elaborate grave for themselves, all the top leaders in one spot deep in the ground,they cant resist hitting it, they can do it by hittin it over and over and over again with bunker buster bombs in the same spot until they break through then KABOOM they are finished they cant outsmart the mighty us ever, they have secret technology never seen before ready to use that can defeat any defences but dont brag about it, on the other hand iran parades its military weapons down main street for all to see and study,know your enemy, secrets out , better start digging in another spot