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Iran blamed Israel on Monday for an attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges – sabotage that imperils ongoing talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal and brings a shadow war between the two countries into the light.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but Israeli media widely reported that the country had orchestrated a devastating cyberattack that caused a blackout at the nuclear facility. Israeli officials rarely acknowledge operations carried out by the country’s secret military units or its Mossad intelligence agency.
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Iran s atomic energy organisation said the Natanz nuclear facility was hit by a terrorist act (File)
Tehran:
Iran s atomic energy organisation said Sunday the Natanz nuclear facility was hit by a terrorist act, hours after it said an accident had caused a power failure there.
The episode came a day after the Islamic republic said it had started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges at the site, in a breach of its commitments under a troubled 2015 deal with world powers.
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Iran Atomic Energy Organisation (IAEO), condemned a futile act, while urging the international community to confront this anti-nuclear terrorism , in a statement carried by state television.