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Iran concealed a nuclear enrichment facility in Qom that raised serious questions about the nature of its program.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on Iran Sanctions
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The first stage of the effort involved inserting so-called beacons into the computers running the control systems used in Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, former officials said.
WSJ: U.S. Team Behind Computer Worm That Hit Iran
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's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Friday passed a resolution demanding that Iran stop construction on a once-secret nuclear enrichment facility in the Iranian holy city of Qom.
CNN: U.S.: Time running out for Iran
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The latest, put forward by Frank Rieger, a researcher at security and encryption firm GSMK, posits in a Frankfurt newspaper ( translation here) and on his blog that Stuxnet targetted a nuclear enrichment facility in the Iranian town of Natanz.
FORBES: Theories Mount That Stuxnet Worm Sabotaged Iranian Nuke Facilities
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The complex offers Pyongyang two ways of making nuclear bombs - a uranium enrichment facility, and a nuclear reactor, from which the spent fuel can be turned into plutonium.
BBC: North Korea nuclear: US vows to 'defend self and South'
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Part of the reason the agreement fell apart was because the US did not believe Pyongyang was fully disclosing all of its nuclear facilities - a suspicion later bolstered when North Korea unveiled a uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon to US scientist Siegfried Hecker in 2010.
BBC: North Korea nuclear: US vows to 'defend self and South'
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North Korea revealed a uranium-enrichment facility at the plant in 2010, another route to provide fissile material for nuclear weapons.
WSJ: North Korea to Restart Yongbyon Nuclear Plant
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Tehran also notified the IAEA last week that it was installing more advanced centrifuge machines at its uranium-enrichment facility in the city of Natanz, potentially providing Iran the ability to triple its nuclear-fuel production at the site.
WSJ: Iran Says It Is Set for Nuclear Talks, but West Is Skeptical