Pictured is Iran’s IR-40 heavy water nuclear reactor near Arak. Creative Commons
Major Saturday air force drill showcases Tehran’s military might, ‘self-sufficiency,’ says official state media
A senior Iranian nuclear official said Saturday that the Islamic Republic had foiled an attempt by an unnamed “enemy” to sabotage the Fordo uranium enrichment facility.
“Recently, a series of electronic boards were discovered that had been planted in certain equipment at [the] Fordo nuclear site to carry out sabotage acts in the enrichment processes,” Asqar Zarea’an, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, reportedly told the daily Khorassan.
Zarea’an, said to be in charge of security for the country’s nuclear program, has warned against similar high-tech efforts to disrupt its operations in the past, according the official news agency Fars.
“Similar to the past, the enemy is seeking to prevent Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities using new instruments, and we should identify and defuse these moves with wisdom and prudence,” Zarea’an reportedly said at an August press conference.
WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised. I also suspect that this is one of many attempts.
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