Con Coughlin reports in today's Telegraph that European defense officials are saying that North Korea and Iran are cooperating to perform an Iranian nuclear test. Possibly as soon as this year. Is Europe going to rouse itself and realize Iran is a growing menace?
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year.
Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they received from their successful test last October with Teheran's nuclear scientists.
North Korea provoked an international outcry when it successfully fired a bomb at a secret underground location and Western intelligence officials are convinced that Iran is working on its own weapons programme.
A senior European defence official told The Daily Telegraph that North Korea had invited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the results of last October's underground test to assist Teheran's preparations to conduct its own — possibly by the end of this year.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time of the Korean firing that an Iranian team was present. Iranian military advisers regularly visit North Korea to participate in missile tests.
Now the long-standing military co-operation between the countries has been extended to nuclear issues.
According to the report, Iran is forging ahead following the complete lack of any meaningful sanctions on North Korea following its test last year. The only way to stop this is for the West to stand together and back Iran down. The Gulf states have a huge problem coming their way.
