Head of civil defense in the country in threatening message: "Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites" • Former AMO chief Amos Yadlin:
The evidence indicates an explosion inside the building. The building at the site of Natanz after the explosion
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Iranian officials on Friday told Reuters that the fire yesterday at the Nantes nuclear facility was the result of an Israeli cyber attack. The official Tehran is not specifically accused the Israeli or US attack, but the head of the civil defense, Gholamreza G'aliali, said that Iran "will reprisals against cyber attack is perpetrated country of its nuclear sites."
Head of the Institute for National Security Studies, General (Res.) Amos Yadlin, tweeted today: "According to foreign sources, the prime minister seems to be focusing on Iran this week and not annexation. Will the Iranians continue to attribute the events to accidents or, as is now the case, will vote on the perpetrators? Accused by officials should be operationally prepared for the possibility of an Iranian response - in cyber, missile fire from Syria or a terrorist attack abroad ".
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The United Nations Atomic Energy Agency has been monitored by the UN's Atomic Enrichment Facility in Iran. hanging on the door hinges that looks like a photograph, it can be concluded that this is an explosion inside the building itself.
article IRNA state news agency referred G'aliali the possibility of sabotage carried out by Israel or the United States, but not directed at them the finger of blame directly. "so far, Iran tried to prevent crises From the emergence of unexpected conditions and situations, but if red lines are crossed by hostile countries, especially the Zionist regime and the United States, the Islamic Republic of Iran will understand that the strategy must be changed. "
Three Iranian officials who spoke to Reuters anonymously said they believe the fire was the result of a cyber attack. One official said the attack was aimed at the centrifuge train (the uranium-enriching machine), saying that "the enemies of Iran" had done similar acts in the past. Two of the senior officials said Israel was behind the incident in Netanyz, but offered no evidence.
When asked about the recent events in Iran on Thursday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Obviously we cannot relate to this." The IDF and the Security Service did not respond to Reuters on the matter.
Netanz's site is central to Iran's uranium enrichment program, although Tehran denies that it is trying to produce nuclear weapons and says its nuclear program is for peace purposes only.
