[Ha'aretz] Yossi Melman - Straw companies were established that sold defective equipment to Iran, thus "poisoning" its nuclear program. The companies first sold Iran proper equipment to establish trust, and then supplied equipment fitted with listening devices or Trojan horses. Some Swiss businessmen who played a major role in the smuggling network led by Dr. Abdul Khader Khan, the Pakistani who sold Iran the centrifuge diagrams, were actually CIA agents. This is only the tip of the iceberg of Israeli and Western efforts to block Iran's nuclear program.
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