Did A CIA Sting Operation Plant Evidence Implicating Iran In A Nuclear Bomb Program?

The Parchin site in Iran is seen in this satellite image on Dec. 9, 2012. AEA inspectors don’t only rely on spy data, according to one of the diplomats, who pointed to the agency’s assessment of Iran’s Parchin Military complex, where the country is alleged to have tested high explosives. Satellite imagery analysis and open-source data also play roles, the person said. Source: DigitalGlobe via Getty Images

Bloomberg: CIA’s Nuclear-Bomb Sting Said to Spur Review in Iran Arms Case

(Bloomberg) -- Details of a 15-year-old Central Intelligence Agency sting emerging from a court case in the U.S. may prompt United Nations monitors to reassess some evidence related to Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons work, two western diplomats said.

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in Vienna will probably review intelligence they received about Iran as a result of the revelations, said the two diplomats who are familiar with the IAEA’s Iran file and asked not to be named because the details are confidential. The CIA passed doctored blueprints for nuclear-weapon components to Iran in February 2000, trial documents have shown.

“This story suggests a possibility that hostile intelligence agencies could decide to plant a ‘smoking gun’ in Iran for the IAEA to find,” said Peter Jenkins, the U.K.’s former envoy to the Vienna-based agency. “That looks like a big problem.”

Update #1: 'CIA sting against Iran's nuclear program could prompt IAEA reassessment' -- Jerusalem Post
Update #2: CIA-planted ‘evidence’ may force IAEA review of Iran’s alleged nuke arms program – report -- RT

WNU Editor: Not surprising .... Iran has seized this story to defend its nuclear program .... CIA sought to mislead IAEA on Iran’s nuclear program: Documents (Press TV).