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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/middleeast/iran-missiles.html
Deep in the Desert, Iran Quietly Advances Missile Technology
(New York Times) Max Fisher - Iran is operating a secret long-range missile research facility in the remote Iranian desert. A team of weapons researchers at the nonpartisan Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Calif., picked through satellite photos of the facility. They found, they say, that work on the site now appears to focus on advanced rocket engines and rocket fuel, and is often conducted under cover of night. Five outside experts who independently reviewed the findings agreed that there was compelling evidence that Iran is developing long-range missile technology. Michael Elleman, a missile expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who reviewed the material, said the evidence was circumstantial, but it could show preliminary steps "for developing an ICBM five to 10 years down the road, should Tehran wish to do so."