(Wall Street Journal) - Jay Solomon - New satellite photographs published by a Washington think tank appear to show intensified efforts by Iran over the past week to cleanse a military site south of Tehran suspected of being used for nuclear-weapons research. The International Atomic Energy Agency has specifically been pressing Iran to allow inspectors to visit the Parchin military site, which the agency believes may have been involved in the testing of high explosives used to simulate a nuclear detonation. On Wednesday, the Institute for Science and International Security posted satellite photos taken on May 25 that appear to show the razing of two buildings at the Parchin site and the deployment of heavy machinery to move earth and equipment.
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