Iran admits nuclear programme affected by sabotage

Stuart Sumner
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The admission from Iran's president suggests recent Stuxnet virus attack succeeded in disrupting centrifuges

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a news conference that some of the centrifuges used in its uranium enrichment programme were sabotaged, according to a BBC report. Iran has previously d...

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