Article

2012-09-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran accuses Siemens of sabotaging nuclear program

Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Saturday accused German company Siemens of sabotaging its nuclear program, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported.

According to the news agency, citing Boroujerdi, Iranian security experts discovered small explosives embedded in equipment Tehran bought from Siemens for its nuclear program. DPA quoted Borojerdi as claiming, "the equipment was supposed to blow up after installation in order to destroy our [nuclear] systems."

Siemens immediately dismissed the allegations, with DPA quoting company spokesman Alexander Machowetz as saying, "we have no business dealings related to the Iranian nuclear program."

The United Nations has banned the sale of nuclear-related equipment to Iran.

Iranian security experts discovered small explosives embedded in equipment Tehran bought from Siemens for its nuclear program.

The latest allegations of sabotage come less than a week after Iranian atomic energy organization chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani claimed that explosives were used to cut the electricity power lines to Iran's Fordow underground enrichment plant on August 17.

Abbasi-Davani also told the annual member state gathering of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that "the same act" had been carried out on power lines to Iran's main uranium enrichment plant near the central town of Natanz, without giving a date.

He concluded by accusing the IAEA of a cynical approach and mismanagement and suggested that "terrorists and saboteurs" might have infiltrated it.

Iran has previously accused Israel and the West of being behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and of trying to damage its nuclear program in other ways, such as cyber attacks.

Posted by Glinesh Craling7938 2012-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 The olde red mercury solder trick.

Posted by Shipman 2012-09-23 04:44|| 2012-09-23 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Most interesting is the admission that Siemens has been selling stuff to Iran that is being used in their nuke programs, if only light switches and circuit breakers

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-09-23 10:05|| 2012-09-23 10:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Saddam's Iraqi ~~tomato blight~~ research facilities were full of Swiss and German laboratory instruments. Mirage F1s were also pretty common. Not all the USAID funding goes to bread and water well drilling. Thanks to our US State Department's military assistance programs, the Military-Industrial Complex has been grinding on in Egypt as well.

Ike was RIGHT!

Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-23 11:51|| 2012-09-23 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Siemens has supplied much more than switches and circuit breakers. The PLCs (programmable logice controllers) used to control the centrifuges are made by Siemens. The unique thing about the Stuxnet virus is that it was the first virus to infect PLCs, and not just computers. You've got to wonder if somebody from Siemens had a hand in that.

Posted by AuburnTom 2012-09-23 16:15|| 2012-09-23 16:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I was thinking more on the lines of something like a PLC embedded (where it is not expected) in an ordinary-appearing circuit breaker or outlet, causing a catastrophic failure upon receiving a command through its usual power supply line. Siemens of all companies should be able to create devices just like that.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-09-23 20:35|| 2012-09-23 20:35|| Front Page Top

08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker
05:28 Whiskey Mike
05:23 Whiskey Mike
05:21 Whiskey Mike
05:18 Whiskey Mike
05:15 Whiskey Mike
05:13 Whiskey Mike