“Reza Karimi, the perpetrator of this sabotage… has been identified” by the intelligence ministry, Iranian state television announced on Saturday. Karimi was described in the report as a 43-year-old male who was born in the town of Kashan, not far from the Natanz facility. Tehran had earlier blamed the incident …
Read More »Iran successfully produces 60%-enriched uranium days after ‘act of sabotage’ at Natanz nuclear facility
The news was broken by the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Friday. “I am proud to announce that at 00:40 … Iranian scientists were able to produce 60%-enriched uranium,” the speaker said on Twitter. The achievement was confirmed by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization …
Read More »Iran says it will enrich uranium to 60% in the wake of suspected Israeli sabotage at Natanz
Abbas Araghchi, a deputy foreign minister who serves as Iran’s chief negotiator with P5+1 – Iran’s counterparts in the 2015 nuclear agreement – announced the step on Tuesday speaking to English-language Iranian channel Press TV. He said Tehran will inform the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, that Iran will be …
Read More »Iran vows response to Israel’s ‘very bad gamble’ after sabotage act at Natanz nuclear site
Speaking alongside his Russian counterpart on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Israel had made a “very bad gamble” by sabotaging the Natanz nuclear site. The foreign minister contended that Iran’s hand in the renegotiation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the now-abandoned 2015 pact limiting Tehran’s …
Read More »Iran’s Foreign Ministry blames Israel for Natanz incident, calls it trap to derail sanctions talks in Vienna
The underground Iranian nuclear facility experienced a power outage on Sunday. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman called the suspected Israeli sabotage “an act against humanity,” because the damage done to the plant could have caused a disaster. “There was no contamination or injuries but it could cause a disaster. It …
Read More »‘Mossad behind cyber-attack’ on Natanz facility that Iran called ‘nuclear terrorism,’ Israeli media claim
Calling it an “attack” and an example of “nuclear terrorism,” Iranian officials said the incident had not caused any damage, but reports in the Israeli media that followed disputed that. Citing anonymous sources, various outlets, including the Times of Israel and the Jerusalem Post, claimed the facility sustained “severe” and …
Read More »Iran reports ‘NUCLEAR terrorism’ attack at Natanz facility – day after uranium enrichment began
Iran reserves the right to “take action” against those behind the incident at the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facility in Natanz, the head of the nation’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told state TV on Sunday. He called the incident at the plant an act of “nuclear terrorism.” Iran “condemns …
Read More »Iran building production hall for uranium-enriching centrifuges ‘in the mountains’ near Natanz facility
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting on national security on Tuesday, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said construction work is already underway. “It was decided to establish a more modern, wider and more comprehensive hall in all dimensions in the heart …
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