Fact Check: Is North Korea Providing Nuclear Weapons to Iran?

PNP FACT-CHECK: IS NORTH KOREA PROVIDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO IRAN?

CLAIM:  North Korea is providing nuclear weapons to Iran that will lead the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict towards Nuclear War.

In a now-deleted post, Binance claimed, that according to unconfirmed reports, North Korea had secretly offered a nuclear weapon to Iran.

PNP FACT-CHECK: IS NORTH KOREA PROVIDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO IRAN?
PNP FACT-CHECK: IS NORTH KOREA PROVIDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO IRAN?

No Evidence of Nuclear Weapons Transfer:

There was no concrete evidence found verifying this claim. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and multiple U.S. intelligence assessments, there has been no such confirmed transfer.

 

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Iran is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is under the surveillance of the IAEA. Although Iran has openly claimed to advance its Uranium enrichment activities for “peaceful purposes”, it has not yet advanced to developing actual nuclear weapons.

Iran and North Korea’s cooperation:

While there were early reports (unconfirmed) that North Korea was assisting Iran with the designs for a 500-kilogram highly enriched uranium warhead for a missile, there has been almost nothing on this reporting in the past 20 years. Iran and North Korea have reportedly shared ballistic missile technologies, but there’s no verification regarding the supply of nuclear weapons.

PNP FACT-CHECK: IS NORTH KOREA PROVIDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO IRAN?North Korea’s support for Iran:

According to a Telegram channel, Intellinews, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared support for Iran, saying that he was “prepared to repel the Israeli attack in cooperation with Iran”. But there is no credible public evidence that it has transferred any nuclear weapons to Iran.

 

Conclusion:

There’s no real evidence to support the idea that North Korea is giving nuclear weapons to Iran. It seems more like a rumor or conspiracy theory that blows the current tensions out of proportion. Even though Iran and North Korea have worked together on military projects in the past and are often under global watch, there’s no solid evidence that nuclear weapons have been shared or that a nuclear war is about to happen.

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Verdict: False

There is no verified proof that North Korea is supplying nuclear weapons to Iran, which will lead the Iran-Israel conflict toward nuclear war.

Reference:

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/25729535913017

https://www.intellinews.com/israel-iran-war-is-this-a-sarajevo-moment-that-will-lead-to-world-war-386010/?source=middle-east-today

by PNP Intern – Kiran Lal Kesrani

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Fact Check: Is North Korea Providing Nuclear Weapons to Iran?