“…‘It is claimed that during the presidency of former Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey, Armenians sold uranium to Iran. Representatives of the Popular Front stated that the mountains of the Kalbajar region, located south of Nagorno-Karabakh, contain large uranium deposits. It is claimed that 2.5 kilograms of uranium, mined before Kalbajar came under Armenian control, were sold to Iran.
Representatives of the Popular Front also stated that by capturing Kalbajar, the Armenians not only opened a second corridor into Nagorno-Karabakh but also seized uranium, which in the Kalbajar mountains is also known as ‘red mercury.’ They added that Armenians, with the assistance of Russian scientists, intended to process this red mercury and use it in creating an atomic bomb. Civilian and military nuclear experts who provided this information to Milliyet said that the substance called red mercury is also used in nuclear bomb production, and that its vapours are particularly dangerous. They also noted that uranium placed in missile warheads, if used, could lead to mass casualties.’…”