An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers concerned in a concerted and increasing program to develop nuclear weapons under defense ministry auspices.
However, diplomats say the National Council of Resistance of Iran has had a spotty record with allegations about Iran's nuclear work because exposing a secret uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in 2002. A top U.S. nuclear expert said the NCRI report, like earlier ones, should be treated with great skepticism.
