Tehran, YJC. Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA has said that Iran expects the agency to help protect the country’s atomic facilities against sabotage and cyber attack.
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Soltaniyeh, Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said
"Industrial sabotage in nuclear facilities is a serious threat to nuclear
security. The protection of nuclear facilities and used or stored substances
demands a more active role by the Agency.”
Speaking
in the International Conference on Nuclear Security in Vienna, Soltaniyeh
stressed the need for safeguarding the Agency members’ secret information, the
containment of cyber attacks on the member countries’ nuclear facilities, the prevention
of sabotage to nuclear facilities and substances used or stored, as well as fighting
armed attacks on nuclear facilities.
He
also pointed out the importance of radioactive sources, the illegal trafficking
of nuclear and other radioactive substances.