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Iran Blames Computer Attack on US

   VOA News  18 January 2011
   Iran's  chief  negotiator  Saeed  Jalili  during a press conference in
   Geneva, Switzerland (File Photo).

Photo: AP

   Iran's  chief  negotiator  Saeed  Jalili  during a press conference in
   Geneva, Switzerland (File Photo).

   Iran's  top  nuclear  negotiator  has  blamed  the United States for a
   computer virus attack on the nation's disputed nuclear program.
   Saeed  Jalili  told  NBC  News in an interview aired on Monday that an
   Iranian  investigation  uncovered  evidence that the United States was
   involved in the cyberattack.
   Analysts  say  a  computer virus known as Stuxnet shut down a fifth of
   Iran's nuclear centrifuges in November.
   But  Iran  says  the  damage  was  not  as  great as Western media has
   portrayed.
   Echoing  Jalili's  comments,  an  Iranian  Atomic  Energy Organization
   spokesman  on  Tuesday  dismissed claims about negative effects of the
   Stuxnet worm on Iran nuclear facilities.
   The comments followed a weekend New York Times report saying that U.S.
   and Israeli intelligence services cooperated in developing the worm.
   Neither Israeli nor U.S. officials have commented on the reports.

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