A senior official in Iran on Monday blamed Israel for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility in what Tehran called an act of “nuclear terrorism”.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh presented the first official indictment against Israel for the incident Sunday that cut power across the facility.
Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, is reportedly appearing on the country’s state television, blaming the “Zionists” for “seeking revenge” for our progress in lifting sanctions … they have publicly said that they will not allow it. But we will take our revenge on the Zionists. ‘
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The New York Times reports that the nuclear power plant in Natanz suffered a power outage apparently caused by a deliberate explosion. According to the newspaper, Israel did not want to comment on the reported attack. The Times reported that US and Israeli officials have confirmed an Israeli role.
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The Jerusalem Post reports that Iran boasted on Saturday that it operates advanced centrifuges at the plant.
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The alleged attack also hampered efforts by the US, Israel’s main security partner, to re-enter the nuclear deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s program so that it could not pursue a nuclear weapon.
When the news of the eclipse came to light, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin landed in Israel on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
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Ali Vaez, the Iran project director of the International Crisis Group, told the Times: “It’s hard to think it was a cyber attack. The likely scenario is that it targeted the facility indirectly or by physical infiltration.”
Associated Press contributed to this report