Irans former head of Atomic Energy Organisation Fereydoon Abbasi. On 29 November 2010, Abbasi survived an terror attempt. A separate bomb attack the same day killed another scientist, Dr. Majid Shahriari.[/caption]Nasim Senior Iranian nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi, who was appointedas chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization in 2010 bythen-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has revealed new details aboutWests wicked plots on Irans peaceful nuclear progress in aninterview with Khorasan Daily.
During the interview, Abbasi argued that Stuxnet malware was not thefirst and last of such attacks by the US and Israel against Tehransnuclear program and said they have repeatedly infiltrated Iraniannuclear facilities supply chains in recent years.
Abbasi maintained that western espionage agencies also continuouslyuse the IAEA reports about Irans nuclear activities and glean detailsabout the program in a bid to sabotage its progress.
The IAEA has access to all the details about uranium enrichmentprocesses in Iran, said Abbasi.
We have so far arrived at theconclusion that western intelligence agencies calibrate their movesbased on the leaked IAEA reports and only by the reports they are ableto size up the level of destruction they have exerted on our nuclearmachinery and equipment.
For example, the IAEA constantly requiresIran to provide the agency with the updated Design InformationQuestioner (DIQ) in which Tehran gives out data about the design andprogress of its nuclear facilities. The DIQ also carried intelligencesuch as the pieces Iran needs to progress its projects in thefacilities. On the other hand, intelligence agencies, with accessto the IAEA reports, trace companies that produce such pieces asmentioned in the DIQ, put them under pressure to reject Irans bidsfor the purchase of the pieces or make them booby-trap the devices,use malfunctioning materials in their construction and set up virusesin their control systems.
The Stuxnet virus was one of the most destructive attacks carried bythe US and Israel against Irans nuclear program. A while ago,Christian Science Monitor released an articleabout the virus whichuncovered new details about its infiltration method into Irans Natanznuclear fuel-enrichment facility.
The article well supports ProfessorAbbasis assertions about the virus and adds that there is sufficientevidence that western intelligence agencies tampered with the devicesand booby-trapped them where possible.
Spy agencies adjust their attacks based on our needs; they obstructconventional channels to our purchases and leave open only those thatthey can exert full control over to transfer their modified stuff toour facilities. This is how they penetrated our electronicinfrastructures, bugged on us and installed malwares like the Stuxnet.They set up the virus in the gauges we had purchased from Siemens.
They also booby-trapped some devices as well, Abbasi revealed for first time.
The former IAEO chief also believes that Siemens is influenced byAmerican and Israeli spy agencies and was involved with installationof the Stuxnet. He also underlined that the German Siemens and theBritish Edwards have remained in close contacts with espionageagencies.
As Abbasi noted, the Wests anti-Iran plots are wide-ranging and gomuch beyond Stuxnet; the original material used for making diaphragmsin the imported vacuum valves were replaced with stuff that wouldeasily wear off when faced with UF6 gas.
They also manipulated some electro motors we bought and added some specific boards which were covered by resin. 60 of such manipulated electro motors were sold to us. Another example I can say is the valve pupms that we wanted to buy from AEG but the intelligence services intercepted the shipment of those pumps and manipulated them.
The large number of cyber attacks as well as technical mischief by theWest compels Iran to act more warily when providing details for theIAEA through the DIQs.
By accessing the leaked data from our reports they can tell how manycentrifuges are operating in Iranian nuclear facilities and how manyare about to be installed with what parts needed. Therefore, we shallprevent giving such data to the agency or delay the DIQs at leastuntil the projects are fulfilled.
Concerns Over Israeli American Military Action
Abbasi also said that the Islamic Republic of Iran was concerned abouta military operation by the US and Israel against its nuclear
facilities based on the data Iran provides the agency with. This iswhy updates about new construction projects like Arak heavy-waterreactor were given to the agency only after the project wassurreptitiously completed.
We had to keep it to ourselves when we intended to replace the Arak reactor vessel because it could spur westerners into reactions like making threats or assassination attempts of Iranian scientists.
So Iran concealed the reactor vessel for a few years till the replacement operation was done.
Former head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization says the country had received information that there was possibility of hitting the reactor vessel by Stinger missiles.
Deformation of the reactor vessel could make it nonstandard and the IAEA would not approve the use of it. So we tried to hide our workhouse from the enemies sight, he said.
Threatening and sabotage against Irans nuclear program were not limited to military action or manipupalting the components but US and Israel also tried to threaten or murder the scientists and Irans nuclear program brains to stop the progress of the program.
From 2010 through 2012, five key Iranian nuclear scientists were murdered. Iran has vehemently condemned the Zionist regime for the terrors while the regime has never even bothered to deny the allegations.
Araqchi, a senior member of the Iranian team of negotiators in thetalks with the group of P5+1, also complained in 2012 that the IAEAscareless handling of Irans secret information has caused a leak inthe list of the names of Irans nuclear scientists and their
assassination by the Zionist regime of Israel.
Irans Intelligence Ministry also detected some of Mossads baseswithin the territories of one of Irans Western neighbors, which
provided training and logistic support to the terrorist networks.
Although Mossad has not been able to carry out its assassinationattempts given the rise of security measures by Iran for its nuclearscientists, the agency still threatens to put dangers to the familiesof the scientists and themselves.
They once ordered a florist to set up a bouquet with a card whichcarried condolences to the family of an Iranian nuclear engineer tohis family outside of the Iran. The bouquet reached the engineersfamily while he was safe and sound working in one of the facilities inIran. By such moves the mar the conditions with threats and insecurity, Abbasi said.
They also have access to names and contact numbers of key personnel which can be used as means for obtaining further intelligence aboutindividuals leading to their terror and assassination. They have evenfaked pictures of Iranian scientists murdered being shown onIranian national TV and sent the video to the scientists as a death warning.
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