(Jerusalem Post) Benjamin Weinthal - Jane's Defense Weekly reported in 2005 that Iran was working with Syria to build an "innovative chemical warfare program." Iran's role was to build equipment to produce "hundreds of tons of precursors for VX, sarin and mustard." According to a 2007 Jane's report, Iran's regime and its Syrian partner accidentally caused an explosion while attempting to load a chemical warhead onto a Scud-C missile that killed dozens of Syrian military personnel and Iranian engineers. The writer is a fellow of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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