There's actually never been any proof provided that Iran had a nuclear weapons program. The evidence available says that Iran might have had a weapons program b

There's actually never been any proof provided that Iran had a nuclear weapons program. The evidence available says that Iran might have had a weapons program before 2003. This is according to the IAEA. The US National Intelligence Estimate concluded that the Iranian nuclear weapon's program ended in 2003: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran So when the article says the prisoner was helping "Iran's nuclear weapon's program", that's a provocative and unsubstantiated allegation.