Iran may have executed nuclear staffers over Stuxnet
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Intelligence sources report information reaching the West in the past week that Iran has put to death a number of atomic scientists and technicians suspected of helping plant the Stuxnet virus in its nuclear program. The admission by Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, on Friday, Oct. 8 - the frankest yet by any Iranian official - that Western espionage had successfully penetrated its nuclear program is seen as bearing out those reports.
The Atomic Energy Organization has published booklets which Salehi said will "alert personnel to Western techniques for luring them into espionage." They "spell out precautionary measures to protect information and the life of scientists," he said.
This phrase was taken by the personnel receiving the booklet as a death threat for any who defy its directives.
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