The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | Bombs for Sale
5/5/202637 min
Dr. A.Q. Khan is making millions selling nuclear secrets but when he decides to sell the nuclear bomb to Libya’s renegade ruler Colonel Gaddafi, the CIA and MI6 realise they need to act against Pakistan’s real-life Dr. Strangelove.
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[gentle music] Summer 1997, Istanbul, Turkey. A taxi crosses a bridge over the Bosphorus to the eastern half of the city. Inside sits Abdul Qadeer Khan, now age sixty-one. He is no longer a young scientist burning with a spirit of injustice. Instead, he is a multimillionaire. A fortune made from selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets to North Korea and Iran, and today he hopes to strike his biggest deal yet. With Khan is his Sri Lankan associate, Bahari Syed Abu Tahir. 10 years ago, Tahir played tea boy at Khan's first deal with Iran. Now he oversees Khan's operations from Dubai. The taxi slows as it weaves through the residential streets. Tahir taps the driver's shoulder. "You can drop us here." Khan and Tahir get out and walk down a narrow winding street to a back street cafe. Waiting for them inside at a small table are two Arab men in suits.