FRANKFURT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens
on Sunday denied allegations by an Iranian lawmaker that it
planted explosives in equipment sold to Iran for use in its
nuclear programme.
"Siemens does not have any business ties with Iran's nuclear
programme and does not supply any technical equipment for it," a
spokesman for the Munich-based multinational company said.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian Parliament's
national security and foreign policy committee, said on Saturday
that intelligence and security officials had detected explosive
material inside devices supplied for Iran's nuclear activities.
"It was planned that these devices would explode once used
and damage all of our systems, but in the end with the knowledge
of our experts, this enemy conspiracy was foiled," Boroujerdi
was quoted as saying by ICANA, Iran's parliamentary news agency.
"The Siemens company must be held accountable for its
actions," he said.
Iran has previously accused Israel and Western governments
of attempting to sabotage its atomic programme by assassinating
nuclear scientists and planting computer viruses.
Tehran says it is developing nuclear energy in order to
generate electricity, and denies Western accusations it is bent
on acquiring atomic bombs.
(Reporting by Maria Sheahan and Yeganeh Torbati, Editing by
Mark Trevelyan)
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