38: Iran Rebuilds Nuclear Weapons Development Site Guest: David Albright David Albright reports on Iran rebuilding the Talagon 2 site, previously bombed by Israel and associated with nuclear weapons development, including testing components for explosive init

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

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Iran Rebuilds Nuclear Weapons Development Site Guest: David Albright David Albright reports on Iran rebuilding the Talagon 2 site, previously bombed by Israel and associated with nuclear weapons development, including testing components for explosive initiators. The reconstruction suggests Iran is making the facility harder to destroy. Iran's nuclear enrichment program appears temporarily "frozen," but the country is focusing on reconstituting its ballistic missile program using equipment sourced from China and Russia, while existing sanctions prove insufficient to halt these priority purchases.

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0:37.2	Malcolm Holine Conference of President's major American Jewish organizations, joins me for a helpful conversation with David Albright, the Institute for Science and International Security.
0:49.6	And a recent report brings us up to date on the Iranian suspect nuclear weapons program.
0:56.5	Telagon 2 is the name of the site.
0:59.0	There are photographs available online you can see from overview.
1:03.0	Something unusual is going on could be debris clearing.
1:08.0	This is a site associated with the suspect nuclear weapons program that was bombed
1:13.7	by the Israelis early this year. And yet, David, a very good evening to you, very helpful to have
1:18.7	photographs. Who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? I believe my lying eyes. What
1:23.7	am I looking at, David? What does that represent? Good evening, too. Good evening. No, I think what we're seeing in the imagery is that the telegon two was
1:33.7	destroyed in a bombing, but I would imagine the underlying foundation, which was designed to
1:41.7	hold heavy equipment, was intact.
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