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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-iran-nuclear-usa-idUSBRE84E1O720120516
Iran's Foreign Minister Was Involved in Clandestine Nuclear Program
(Reuters) Tabassum Zakaria - Communications from the 1990s suggest Iran's current foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, had knowledge of a program to procure goods for a clandestine nuclear program, U.S. nuclear expert David Albright, founder of the Institute for Science and International Security, said Tuesday. A letter signed by Salehi as head of Sharif University in 1991 served as an end-user guarantee to a European supplier of materials that could have a dual purpose for use in a nuclear program. Sharif University was acting essentially as a front for Iran's military procurement network, Albright said. "Salehi knew about or was involved in efforts to create an alleged parallel military nuclear program that is of great interest to the IAEA now," Albright said.