AP: Iran is violating international agreements by secretly importing an extra-durable steel for use in its nuclear program, an exiled Iranian opposition group alleged Thursday. Some of the group’s past information about Iran’s nuclear program has proved accurate. The Iranian government, which says it has no nuclear weapons program, routinely refuses to respond to its allegations from the opposition group.

Iran Focus: Paris, Jul. 28 – Iran is secretly acquiring a rare form of ultra-strong steel to use as casing for nuclear bombs it is manufacturing, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday at a press conference in Paris. Mohammad Mohaddessin, who chairs the foreign affairs committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said that Tehran was “trying to obtain maraging steel both through smuggling from abroad and by producing it inside the country”.

Los Angeles Times: Iranian officials said Wednesday that Iran would soon resume its controversial nuclear work, and that scientists had developed solid-fuel technology to improve the accuracy of missiles already able to reach Israel and nearby U.S. bases. The tough talk comes just days before Iran’s new president is to be sworn in.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Republic’s top statesmen met behind closed doors to discuss the country’s uranium enrichment program, the spokesman for the
Supreme National Security Council announced Wednesday.