Best part of all this is there were about 16 NORKs at the facility when it exploded.
Reza Khalili via WND – Iran, whose economy has been battered by the international sanctions brought by its illicit nuclear program, apparently has lost much of its negotiating position since the incident at Fordow.
The facility, deep under a mountain and immune to conventional airstrikes and most bunker-busting bombs, already had the more modern centrifuges, which could enrich uranium two to three times faster to the 20-percent level, a critical step to weaponization grade.
…explosions rocked the Fordow site Jan. 21, trapping scores of workers, including 16 North Korean technicians and military attaches. The source for the information, a member of the security forces, said rescue efforts were delayed several days because of the fear of radiation.
The source said today some workers have been rescued and there have been casualties. He said a secret, underground tunnel with a stone-covered entrance door about two and a half miles away from the main entrances at Fordow is being used for the rescue efforts. The source added that regime intelligence agents, since the explosion, have arrested dozens of security force members in charge of protecting Fordow.
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Iran’s unusual notification to the IAEA two days after the Fordow incident likely is an indication of panic by the regime. The incident at Fordow must have badly damaged its ability to enrich uranium to the 20-percent level. Accompanying the loss would be a weakening of Iran’s negotiating position with the world powers. Installing the same type of centrifuges at Natanz to keep the output of its highly enriched uranium at same level in its pursuit of a nuclear bomb would mitigate the loss.