Produced by: Manoj Kumar
Iran didn’t build its nuclear program from scratch—it bought it. A covert Pakistani network sold Tehran the tools to enrich uranium long before the world caught on.
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The designs Iran uses to spin uranium? They trace back to stolen European secrets—pinched by Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan and passed on in a nuclear black market.
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He ran the world’s most dangerous flea market. From Dubai to Tripoli, A.Q. Khan peddled bomb parts, blueprints, and know-how to regimes hungry for nukes.
This wasn’t just tech—it was a full nuclear starter pack. Khan’s team allegedly offered Iran everything needed to go from zero to weapons-grade.
Parts for Iran’s nuclear ambitions were quietly machined in Malaysian workshops—hidden in plain sight while inspectors looked elsewhere.
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Shipments passed through the UAE, cloaked in fake paperwork and shell companies. A global smuggling web that ran right under the world’s radar.
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Nuclear archives seized from Iran suggest that detailed bomb blueprints may have come from Pakistan—raising fears about just how far Tehran got.
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Western intel agencies had clues about Khan’s dealings with Iran in the ’90s—but internal politics and denial slowed the alarm bells.
Long after Khan’s network was busted, Iran’s nuclear facilities still hum with the ghosts of his designs—and the geopolitical aftershocks remain.