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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, uses a diagram of a bomb to describe Iran's nuclear program/AFP

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Iran nuclear tensions sharpen

The council should “utilize its authority to act against those states undertaking cyber attacks and sabotage in the peaceful nuclear facilities and kill nuclear scientists of other countries,” Salehi told the General Assembly.

“Any such act committed by a state, as certain countries continue to commit such crimes in my country, is a manifestation of nuclear terrorism,” he added.

The United States has denied involvement in the killings of four Iranian scientists since 2010. Israel has refused to comment on the killings.

According to US media, the United States and Israel were behind the Stuxnet computer virus which temporarily crippled Iran’s uranium enrichment at its Natanz plant.

The United States is part of a six-nation group which has approved sanctions against Iran while pursuing diplomatic talks on its program. The group has also stepped up warnings to Iran.

Foreign ministers from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN summit and demanded the Islamic state act “urgently” to ease international fears about its plan.

“I call on Iran to stop playing for time. The situation is serious,” Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told the UN on Friday.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she would talk with Iranian negotiators to see if new talks are to be held.

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