Israel - Iran nuclear bomb 'still three years away'
Israel - Iran nuclear bomb 'still three years away' Iran denies that the Stuxnet worm has damaged its nuclear programme Continue reading the main story Iran nuclear crisis Fuelling Bushehr Squeezing Iran: Oil and sanctions Q&A: Nuclear issue UN sanctions Iran's nuclear programme has been hit by technical problems, and it could be still three years away from making a bomb, an Israeli minister has said. The statement came a month after Iran said centrifuges used in uranium enrichment had been sabotaged. There are suspicions, denied by Iran, that the centrifuges were targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm. The West fears Iran's goal is to build nuclear weapons but Iran says its programme is for peaceful energy use. Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon said the programme had faced "a number of technological challenges and difficulties". "These difficulties have postponed the timetable," he told Israeli radio. "So we can...