Iran state TV poll reveals Iranians want nuclear programme stopped It is not clear how many people participated and if all of them lived in Iran. However, that the fiasco had touched a raw nerve become clear when IRIB claimed in a report that the results had been hacked by the BBC, an accusation the corporation denies. The Iranian broadcaster insisted the true figure supporting uranium enrichment suspension was only 24% while the rest backed retaliatory measures. The original results showed only 20% supporting retaliation and 17% wanting a continuation of the current policy of "resistance" to sanctions. "This survey shows that, while the Iranian people might want nuclear energy, they don't want it at the price the government is forcing them to pay through its negotiating strategy," said Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born commentator with the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company. Their opinion is not factored into the government's negotiating strategy and this poll shows they are not happy with it. The EU sanctions, coupled with a new US embargo punishing nations that continue to buy Iranian crude, threaten to drastically slash Tehran's oil revenues, on which Iran's economy depends. It is the latest in a series of punitive measures aimed at curbing a nuclear programme which the west suspect is a front for building an atom bomb. Iran says its goals are peaceful.