Iran Issues Interpol Arrest Warrant For Natanz Attack Suspect Published April 18th, 2021 - 06:49 GMT
Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. The facility lost power on Sunday. (AP/File)
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Iran names suspect in nuclear facility blast, issues arrest warrant
Iranian intelligence officials on Saturday identified a suspect in an explosion at a nuclear facility in Natanz earlier this week.
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Iran s Mehr news agency, quoting official television, reported an arrest warrant was issued by the intelligence ministry for Reza Karimi, 43, naming him as the instigator of the Sunday incident in which the Natanz facility lost power and a number of its centrifuges were damaged.
Iran asks Interpol to arrest Natanz ‘sabotage’ suspect media
Published April 18, 2021 10:30pm
A view of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility 250 km south of the Iranian capital Tehran, March 30, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo TEHRAN Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a local newspaper reported Sunday. National television has published a photo and identified the man as 43-year-old Reza Karimi, saying the intelligence ministry had established his role in last week s sabotage at Natanz. The broadcaster said the suspect had fled the country before the incident and that legal procedures to arrest and return him to the country are currently underway.
Iran asks Interpol to arrest Natanz sabotage suspect: media
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18/04/2021 - 12:34 A picture provided by the Iranian presidential office on April 10 shows a screen grab from a videoconference with views of Iran s Natanz uranium enrichment plant as well as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivering a speech - Iranian Presidency/AFP/File 2 min
Tehran (AFP)
Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a local newspaper reported Sunday.
National television has published a photo and identified the man as 43-year-old Reza Karimi, saying the intelligence ministry had established his role in last week s sabotage at Natanz.
IAEA confirms Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent
IAEA confirms Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent
The work is reportedly taking place at the Natanz nuclear facility • Israeli media reports rising tension between Jerusalem and Washington against the backdrop of nuclear talks in Vienna.
A view of nuclear centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition at the Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum in 2018. Credit: Inspired by Maps/Shutterstock.
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(April 18, 2021 / JNS) The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed on Saturday that Iran had begun the process of enriching uranium to a purity level of 60 percent, the closest level yet to the 90 percent required to make a nuclear bomb.
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