Technology company Siemens denied it sold Iran any nuclear equipment after an Iranian politician accused the firm of selling the country equipment laced with explosives.
Lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the German firm planted tiny explosive devices into equipment that was sold to Iran, reported the Iran Independent News Service.
“The equipment was supposed to explode after being put to work, in order to dismantle all our systems,” the News Service quoted him as saying. “But the wisdom of our experts thwarted the enemy conspiracy.”
Siemens spokesman Alexander Machowetz told AFP that not only did it not sell tainted equipment to Iran, but it also did not sell any gear to the disputed Iranian nuclear program.
“Siemens maintains no business dealings in connection to the Iranian nuclear program,” he said.
In an unrelated incident, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards found a spy device that was disguised as a rock near the Fordow nuclear facility.
The device exploded when members of the Guard attempted to move it, thinking that it was a rock, reported state-run Press TV, citing the Sunday Times. It could apparently intercept data that was on computers at the Fordow facility.
The United States, Israel, and other Western countries have claimed that Iran’s nuclear program is being used to produce weapons, while the Islamic Republic has denied such charges. The country has accused Western powers of sabotaging its facilities via computer viruses and four of its nuclear scientists have been assassinated in recent years.
