Iran admits: Internal elements were involved in the Natanz bombing

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Despite all the statements, the page of the Natanz explosion, which occurred a while ago in Tehran and sparked a great controversy in the country about its nature, nature and who is behind it. Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei announced that one of the strongest hypotheses regarding the explosion at the Natanz nuclear site last July was the involvement of internal elements.

Rabiei confirmed during a press conference, Tuesday, that an act of sabotage has become certain in this case according to the Iranian Labor News Agency, Meanwhile, the Iranian government spokesman did not answer journalists questions about the identity of the people accused of the explosion, saying that due to the great complexity in carrying out this sabotage act, there are several security agencies investigating it.

For the first time, Iran is accused of terrorism

This is the first time that an Iranian government official has officially spoken about what he called the involvement of internal elements in the Natanz bombing. Behrouz Kamalondi, a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said on September 2 that the perpetrators of the bombing had been identified, but he did not elaborate.

And Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, had confirmed during a meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, last week, that the explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility, last July, was the result of an act of sabotage. Iran reserves the right to respond appropriately.

In the same context, the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post wrote, in a report last Wednesday, that according to the information received, the Natanz explosion was physical sabotage aimed at warning Iran not to cross the red lines.

Response message

She said, the aim of the explosion is to send an unequivocal message of deterrence, that progress towards nuclear weapons and crossing the red lines will not be tolerated.

The Iranian Supreme National Security Council announced that the cause of the accident at the Natanz nuclear facility had been determined, but would not reveal the details for security considerations, according to the official announcement.

Shortly after the explosion, the American newspaper New York Times reported that the explosion targeted a hall of modern centrifuges that were not ready to work yet.

Iran denies

Iranian officials had initially denied that there was significant damage to the Natanz site, but matching satellite images showed that modern centrifuges were largely destroyed, as it disrupted uranium enrichment, which Tehran later acknowledged. Iran has witnessed a series of mysterious explosions and accidents involving nuclear and military installations, including at least 25 explosions and fires within three months.

The bombings included the explosion of the Khajir" missile base, east of Tehran, near the Parchin military site, on June 26. It is noteworthy that another explosion occurred on July 10, in the Ghamdara region, west of Tehran, targeting an air base of the Revolutionary Guard, where satellite images of Planet Labs showed fires in an area of ​​22 thousand square meter