Suspicions cyber sabotage behind fire at Iran nuclear facility...

Krusty · Jul 8, 2020

... but Israel says it's 'not necessarily' involved

A fire at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium, an Iranian nuclear official said.

Iran's top security body said the cause of the fire that broke out on Thursday had been determined but would be announced later.

Some Iranian officials have said it may have been cyber sabotage and one warned that Tehran would retaliate against any country carrying out such attacks.

On Thursday, an article by Iran's state news agency IRNA addressed what it called the possibility of sabotage by enemies such as Israel and the United States, although it stopped short of accusing either directly.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07...es-significant-damage,-official-says/12424586

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Iranian officials suspect cyber attack
The underground Natanz site, where a one-storey building was partly burned on Thursday, is the centrepiece of Iran's uranium enrichment program and monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog.

The IAEA said the location of the fire did not contain nuclear materials and that none of its inspectors was present at the time.

Asked whether Israel had anything to do with "mysterious explosions" at Iranian nuclear sites, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said: "Not every incident that transpires in Iran necessarily has something to do with us."

"All those systems are complex, they have very high safety constraints and I'm not sure they always know how to maintain them," Mr Gantz told Israel Radio.
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