Iran Claims IAEA Cameras at Atomic Site May Have Been Hacked

  • Tehran’s ambassador in U.K. says investigation is continuing
  • Absence of surveillance in Karaj has led to IAEA stalemate

AEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi

Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images 

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Iran claimed that international surveillance gear mounted at a sensitive nuclear facility may have been hacked by saboteurs ahead of their attack in June.

The assertion by Iran’s ambassador to the U.K., Mohsen Baharvand, may shed some light on why the Islamic Republic continues to stonewall International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors looking to reinstall cameras at a centrifuge workshop in Karaj.