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The incident at the Natanz nuclear site took place April 11
TEHRAN, April 17. /TASS/. Iran will go ahead with its nuclear program despite assassinations of nuclear scientists and subversive acts at its nuclear facilities, Chief of Staff of the President of Iran Mahmoud Vaezi said in a Twitter post on Friday.
Read also Iranian [nuclear] progress cannot be stopped by assassinating of nuclear physicists and damaging nuclear facilities, he wrote. The start of uranium enrichment to 60% is a clear indication of Iran’s progress and an obvious sign to adversaries.
The incident at the Natanz nuclear site took place April 11. Iran reported that an outage was registered at the site’s power distribution grid, which led to an explosion. There were no victims or environmental damage. The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi called the incident a display of nuclear terrorism. The New York Times claimed citing its sources that the explosion was organized by Israel.
Iranian President Rouhani to ‘Enemies’: ‘We Will Cut Off Both Your Hands’
14 Apr 2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a fiery cabinet meeting Wednesday during which he railed against suspected Israeli sabotage of the Natanz nuclear facility and vowed to increase uranium enrichment even further.
“The announcement that we will activate IR-6 centrifuges at Natanz or increase enrichment to 60% is the answer to your malice,” Rouhani said to the alleged saboteurs, as reported by Iran’s state-run PressTV.
“You cannot commit a crime. We will cut off your hand. We will cut off both of your hands, with IR-6 centrifuges and 60% enrichment. Obviously, we will not sit idly by,” Rouhani fulminated, invoking Islamic scripture that specifies cutting off the hands of a thief as appropriate punishment.
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The power outage was apparently caused by an intentionally planned explosion, the report says
NEW YORK, April 12. /TASS/. The outage in power distribution grid at a nuclear site in Iran’s Natanz happened because of an explosion organized by Israel, the New York Times claimed in its report citing its sources Sunday.
The power outage was apparently caused by an intentionally planned explosion, the report says, adding that sources in US and Israeli intelligence claimed that Israel played a role in the accident.
According to two NYT sources, a major explosion has completely destroyed the independent and well-guarded energy system that ensured the operation of underground uranium enrichment centrifuges. The sources claimed that a clandestine Israeli operation caused a major damage to Iran’s uranium enrichment capabilities. Full restoration of operations in Natanz may require at least 10 months, the report states.