Contrary to reports of significant damage, Iranian government spokesman Ali Wednesday claimed that the uranium enrichment in Natanz is a series.
The site where the explosion occurred in Natanz // Photo: AFP
The site that exploded from view // Photo: IP
The uranium enrichment facility in Natanz // Photo: APP
Iranian government spokesman Ali Wednesday today described in detail the explosion and fire at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant that occurred last week and reports from various media outlets have already damaged the facility's production capacity.
"The incident has had no effect on the uranium enrichment process and the facility in Natanz as active. Iran's nuclear activity is peace-loving and despite hostile enemies, our nuclear program cannot be stopped," said Wednesday.
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Wednesday addressed Israel, saying: "After the incident, Western media tried to create a strong and powerful image for the Israeli regime and attributed the incident to Israel, while senior police officials refused to comment on the incident or take responsibility."
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"The Israeli regime must be aware that the creation of a narrative that breaks conventions of attack against nuclear facilities in Iran, even one that is false for propaganda purposes, is a step that leads to peace and security risk," he added Wednesday. The Iranian spokesman announced that his country would soon reveal the details of the incident investigation after the approval of the country's highest security council.
Another mysterious blast
Two people were killed and several others were injured in the explosion of an industrial facility south of the Iranian capital Tehran, Saudi Arabia's Saudi news network reported Monday night (Tuesday).
The report said the blast occurred at an industrial facility in the Bergshar area and likely included an explosion of oxygen or other combustible gas that was at the scene. According to social media reports, the blast caused panic in the area, but no photos or videos of the incident were released.
Official media in Iran did not respond to the incident and accounts on the social network Twitter affiliated with the regime have canceled the existence or importance of the incident. One of Iran's largest oil refineries is near the Bergshar neighborhood.
After Iranian officials acknowledged earlier this week that the explosion at the Netzan uranium enrichment facility caused serious damage, the New York Times reported on Sunday night that a Middle East intelligence official, with knowledge of the Iranian incident, claimed that Israel was responsible for the attack in the compound last week. past.
According to a New York Times report, the intelligence agency claimed that Israel used a powerful bomb to carry out the attack, but it also emphasized that although the person responsible for the attack was Netzza, Israel had nothing to do with the recent events that occurred in Iran, including the chlorine leak that occurred over the weekend. In Ahwaz city in southern Iran and the big explosion that took place at the power plant near Ahwaz city in southern state last Saturday.
"Iran under heavy pressure"
In response to the Iranian government's spokesman, Ali says following the Iranian blast series, Lieutenant Colonel Micki Segal, former head of the Iranian branch of the UN and currently a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and State, says: "Iran is under heavy pressure - both economic and political. And they are internal. "
According to him, the series of incidents in Iran occurs at the height of the Iranian corona crisis and in the midst of the US sanctions against the regime that inflict severe economic damage. Among other things, the economic crisis in Iran has led to a cut in the pro-Iranian militias' budget in Iraq and probably also to the erosion of aid to other elements in the region to which Iran is facing assistance and increasing difficulties at home.
"Even if these are unrelated incidents, their sequence within about ten days of peaking, as it turns out to be a critical hit in the Bentzez centrifuge production facility, creates a sense of embarrassment and insecurity within the Iranian regime and deepens the distrust of the Iranian people rather than the infringement and the backlash His hand in response to them. "
Segal adds: "Against President Rouhani, criticism of his adherence to the nuclear program is growing even though Iran has so far received no remuneration and its situation has even worsened." Iran is pointing a finger at the United States and Israel, who may be interested in the window of time left until Trump's term does not take a step that will lead to a harsh US response to the regime and Iran's nuclear program, "he added:" Iran can still launch its sponsors - Iraq, Syria Lebanon and Yemen, hurting Israeli and American interests, but it seems that the ongoing economic crisis in Iran - and in Lebanon - is beginning to signal its Iranian playing tools as well. "
