What happened in Isfahan, exactly, we may never know. One plausible possibility is that it’s a result of a new virus such as Stuxnet.
Iranian officials have instructed residents of Isfahan to leave the city, renewing concerns that a nearby nuclear site could be leaking radioactive material.
An edict issued Wednesday by Iranian authorities orders Isfahan’s one-and-a-half million people to leave the city “because pollution has now reached emergency levels,” the BBC reported. Continue reading