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Iran's Natanz nuclear facility hit by terrorism: State TV
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the incident at the facility central to the country's nuclear development, was caused by a "terrorist act," but the organization said that no injuries or contamination resulted.
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This file handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies on January 28, 2020, shows an overview of Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, south of the capital Tehran. Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium more quickly in a new breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear agreement.Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies / AFP (AFP/Maxar Technologies )
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ran's top nuclear official has said the country's Natanz nuclear facility was hit by an act of terrorism, referring to an electrical power failure that occurred on Sunday, state TV reported the same day.
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the incident at the facility central to the country's nuclear development, was caused by a "terrorist act," but the organization said that no injuries or contamination resulted.
Israel's public broadcaster Kan reported the country's Mossad spy agency had carried out a cyberattack on the nuclear site in Iran, citing intelligence sources.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no reference to the nuclear facility Sunday evening when he attended a ceremony ahead of the country's founding anniversary. But he said at the ceremony that the fight against Iran's nuclearization is a massive task.
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 12, citing a Western source, reported Sunday the possibility of a cyberattack on the facility, which was targeted in 2010 by the Stuxnet computer virus believed to have been jointly developed by the United States and Israel.
A mysterious explosion occurred at the same facility in July last year, damaging the building developing and assembling centrifuges used for uranium enrichment. Iran has said it was sabotage involving Israel.
Iran had just announced on Saturday that it had started up advanced IR-6 uranium enrichment centrifuges at Natanz, in a breach of its undertakings under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The agreement stipulates that Iran can only use first-generation IR-1 centrifuges for enrichment.
