Jason Mick Daily Tech October 6, 2010 Late last month it was revealed that Iran’s first nuclear plant underwent a shocking and sophisticated cyberattack which was designed to break its fuel enrichment centrifuges. The Stuxnet worm reportedly succeeded in temporarily hindering plant operations, infecting hundreds of plant computers. However, the worm turned out to be [...]
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Iran Say it Has Captured “Western Spies” Involved in Nuclear Cyberattack
Posted: October 6, 2010 in Iran0
Reuters October 4, 2010 Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, also said the delay had nothing to do with the global Stuxnet computer virus believed mainly to have affected Iran. Last week, Iranian officials said Stuxnet had hit staff computers at Bushehr, a symbol of Iran’s growing geopolitical sway and rejection of [...]
Justin Fishel Liveshotsblog September 27, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is refusing to comment on widespread accusations that it is responsible for coordinating a cyber-attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Earlier this month the Iranians acknowledged the “Stuxnet Worm” had invaded software it uses at multiple nuclear production plants. Pentagon Spokesman Col. David Lapan said Monday [...]
NY1 News September 22, 2010 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is blaming the world’s problems on capitalism. Speaking at the United Nation Anti-Poverty Summit today, the Iranian leader said capitalism has caused the suffering of people in several countries. Ahmadinejad called for a new world order, proposing the coming decade be one of “joint global governance.” [...]
Nuclear experts watch for Iran’s first N-test after sanctions fail
Posted: September 11, 2010 in IranDEBKAfile September 11, 2010 A number of competent and well-informed sources have reached the same conclusion, namely, that international sanctions have failed to halt Iran’s push for a nuclear weapon and advanced ballistic missiles and that the Islamic Republic is fast approaching a nuclear arms capability. debkafile, which has raised this possibility for the past [...]
MSNBC September 7, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial Isna news agency reported. Ali Akbar Salehi’s late Monday comments were apparently in response to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, expressing alarm [...]
The Jaruselum Post August 26, 2010 Moscow is “considering” offer to supply fuel for future reactors as well as Bushehr; Iran says it wants to show the world its capability in uranium production. Iran has asked Russia to join forces in establishing a nuclear consortium to supply fuel for the newly operational Bushehr plant, as [...]
Obama weighs offer of US nuclear umbrella if Israel scraps Iran strike
Posted: August 26, 2010 in Iran, World NewsDEBKA File August 26, 2010 A study of the mood among Israeli leaders and military chiefs indicates that at any moment a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites must be taken into account. The Israeli media show nothing of this; they are totally absorbed in guessing whether Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will extend the 10-month settlement [...]
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com August 23, 2010 Iran has begun to fuel its first nuclear power station in Bushehr despite a massive propaganda campaign launched against the reactor by the United States and Israel and largely ineffectual United Nations and U.S. Congress sanctions. “‘It is totally unacceptable that a country that so blatantly violates resolutions of [...]
Fox News August 23, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran – TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies. The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles [...]
