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Experts say Iran has ‘neutralized’ Stuxnet virus

Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country\’s nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters.

New computer virus detected in Iran

A computer virus similar to the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran\’s nuclear program last year has been detected in Iran.

With Stuxnet delaying Iran’s bomb, is the urgency gone?

In the wake of revelations that a computer virus may have set back Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the Western groups and analysts that track the Islamic Republic are saying “More of the same, please.” The benefits of a nonviolent program that inhibits Iranian hegemony by keeping the country\’s nuclear weapons program at bay are obvious: Better to stop Iran with cyber warfare — in this case, the Stuxnet computer virus, which reportedly caused Iran’s nuclear centrifuges to spin out of control — than actual warfare. For those who favor engagement, the cyber attack buys more time to coax the regime in Tehran into compliance. For those who favor the stick, it allows more time to exert pressure on Iran through sanctions and diplomatic isolation.

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