An influential member of Iranian Parliament, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, accused the German industrial giant Siemens of trying to sabotage his country’s nuclear program. Allegedly, Siemens sold Tehran equipment containing small explosive devices, writes to Jerusalem Post.
According to Boroujerdi, “equipment should have exploded after installation and destroyed our nuclear systems”. However, he said that the Iranian experts have discovered the explosive devices, thus undermining “enemy conspiracy.”
“Siemens, which provided the equipment will be responsible for this action,” warned Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign affairs.
Siemens immediately rejected the accusations, spokesman Alexander Machowetz saying that “we not carry out any transaction that relate to the Iranian nuclear program.”
The United Nations has banned the sale to Iran of nuclear equipment. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, a German-Iranian expert, told the Jerusalem Post that the Iranian press is full of allegations against Siemens.
Iranian news portal asremrooz.ir, controlled by the government, recalls that there were suspicions in the past about Siemens. Last year, Qolam Reza Jalali, an Iranian defense official, accused the German company that it has supplied information to “Iran’s enemies” through Siemens SCADA software to allow infiltration of Stuxnet virus in the Iranian computer systems.
These latest allegations of sabotage come less than a week after Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davan said that explosives were used to stop on 17 august, electricity supply for the underground nuclear plant Fordow.
Meanwhile, a commander of the Revolutionary Guard, an elite army of the Iranian regime, said that an attack by Israel on Iran would trigger a “third world war” and warned of a possible preventive attack of Tehran in the case of war preparations from Israel.
If Israel and Iran will face military, “it would turn into World War III,” said Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh for the Iranian Arabic-language channel Al-Alam. If an Israeli attack seems imminent, “it is possible to launch a preemptive strike,” said Hajizadeh, responsible for missile systems.
Israeli leaders regularly threaten with attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities to prevent the country to acquire nuclear weapons, although Tehran insists on the civilian nature of its nuclear program.
In the case of an Israeli attack, with or without a green light from the U.S., the Iran will attack U.S. bases in Bahrain, Qatar and Afghanistan,” Hajizadeh said. Israel “can not imagine the Iranian answer and will suffer serious damage,” he continued.
Saturday, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Revolutionary Guard estimated that an Israeli war against Iran “will eventually take place” and his country is ready for this confrontation that will destroy the Hebrew state.
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