Nuclear devices sold to Iran by Siemens explosive-laden: Iran MP
Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi
press tv
Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:26AM
These devices were supposed to explode after implementation and
sabotage the whole system, but this plot was neutralized due to the
vigilance of Iranian experts.”
Chairman of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy
Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi
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Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi says nuclear equipment
sold to Iran by the German engineering giant Siemens contained
explosives aimed at sabotaging Iranian nuclear facilities.
Our intelligence-security officials succeeded in discovering explosive
material in equipments for nuclear activities that had been sold to
Iran, the chairman of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign
Policy Committee said on Saturday.
`These devices were supposed to explode after implementation and
sabotage the whole system, but this plot was neutralized due to the
vigilance of Iranian experts,’ Boroujerdi added.
The Iranian lawmaker said the explosives had been planted in the
devices by Siemens and that the German company `must be accountable
for this action.’
Siemens has, however, denied that it has sold explosive-laden devices to Iran.
Referring to the earlier remarks made by Iran’s nuclear chief at the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) annual meeting, Boroujerdi
said the agency has employed every method to sabotage Tehran’s
civilian nuclear program.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi
said on September 17 that, `On Friday August 17, 2012, power lines
running from the city of Qom to Fordow facility were cut using
explosives. It should be reminded that power outage is a way of
damaging centrifuge machines. In the early hours of the following day,
[IAEA] inspectors demanded a snap inspection of the facility.’
`Isn’t there any connection between the visit and the blast? Who else
could have quick access to the facility other than IAEA inspectors to
register and report dysfunctions?’ he asked.
The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly
accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy
program.
Iran argues that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty and a member of IAEA, it is entitled to develop and acquire
nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear
facilities, but has never found any evidence of diversion in Tehran’s
nuclear energy program toward military purposes.