Evidence that the Israelis sold Iran nuclear-capable missiles
How the Israelis sold nuclear-capable missiles to
Iran in the 1970's
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DOCUMENTS DETAIL ISRAELI MISSILE DEAL WITH THE SHAH
Before the fall of the Shah in 1979, Israel was involved in a multibillion-dollar project to modify advanced, surface-to-surface missiles for sale to Iran, according to documents said to have been left in Teheran by Israeli diplomats.
The documents reveal that the Israelis told the Iranians that the missiles could be fitted with nuclear warheads, although this possibility was not pursued. The two sides agreed that if Iran wanted a nuclear ability, this would pose a problem with the Americans.
The Israelis left shortly before the 1979 revolution. The Israeli papers, in English, were published in paperback by the Iranians who seized the American Embassy in November 1979 and who have published more than 50 volumes of secret documents found there.
The Israeli-Iranian project, code-named Flower, was one of six oil-for-arms contracts signed in April 1977 in Teheran by Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi and Shimon Peres, then the Israeli Defense Minister. Two Nations Had Trade Missions
At the time, Iran and Israel did not have diplomatic relations, but they had trade missions. In addition, Iran was the only Middle Eastern country that recognized Israel's right to exist.
The two countries, according to transcripts of conversations in the documents, intended to keep the proposed missile improvement secret from the United States.
Although American officials were aware that Israeli and Iranian military leaders had exchanged secret visits, they did not know the nature of the discussion, according to interviews with former officials of the State Department, the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council staff.
The possession of surface-to-surface missiles was part of the Shah's plan to turn Iran into the most formidable military power in the Middle East. For the Israelis, the deal offered a guaranteed oil supply as well as financing for advanced military research. Work Halts After Revolution
According to the documents, a missile was test-fired in Israel in the presence of an Iranian general. The aim of the project was to extend the range of an Israeli missile developed in the early 1970's and replace American-supplied parts so that Israel could legally export it without American approval.
Israel was still perfecting the missile when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in February 1979 and halted cooperation with Israel.
Two Iranian officials involved, Gen. Hassan Toufanian, the arms procurer, and Adm. Kamal Habibollahi, the navy commander, said in interviews that the conversations recorded in the documents were genuine. The two now live in the United States.
In a third interview, Ezer Weizman, who took over as Israeli Defense Minister in May 1977 and who is now a member of the Cabinet under Prime Minister Peres, did not deny that the documents were authentic. Weizman Confirms Contacts
Obviously we had relations with Iran and I knew General Toufanian personally, he said from Jerusalem in a telephone interview. I had many conversations with him both in Tel Aviv and in Teheran. But I don't think it is appropriate that I, as former Minister of Defense and as a Minister in the Israeli Cabinet, should comment on affairs of state backdated to 1977.
Other Israeli officials called the papers a forgery.
These rumors and falsified documents are usually spread by the present regime in Teheran with the view to discredit the previous regime, Avi Pazner, a spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, said.
A spokesman for Mr. Peres, Uri Savir, said, I have nothing to add to Mr. Pazner's statement.
The Flower project, according to the documents, involved the production of missiles with warheads weighing 750 kilograms, or 1,650 pounds, and with a range of up to 300 miles. They were to be shipped through a Swiss company to central Iran for assembly and testing. Books Available in Libraries
1986
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/01/world/documents-detail-israeli-missile-deal-with-the-shah.html
Israeli Arms Sales to Iran
Jane Hunter is the editor and publisher of Israeli Foreign Affairs, P.O. Box 19580, Sacramento, CA 95819.
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