Iran believes it has found the culprit.
On Monday, Iranian authorities accuse Israel of being behind the attack on its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, in the center of the country, the day before.
The centrifuges are damaged.
The government promises "revenge" on time.
"With this action, the Zionist regime of course tried to take revenge on the Iranian people for the patience and wisdom they have shown (pending) the lifting of US sanctions," said the Iranian foreign spokesperson. , Saïd Khatibzadeh, during a press conference in Tehran.
He thus indirectly accused Israel of scuttling the discussions underway in Vienna in an attempt to bring the United States back into the 2015 international agreement on Iranian nuclear power.
These discussions could lead to a lifting of the sanctions imposed by Washington against Tehran since the United States left this pact in 2018.
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On Sunday, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (OIEA) announced that the Natanz nuclear complex in central Iran had suffered an "accident" in the morning, described as an act of "terrorism". and resulting in a "power cut" causing "no death, injury or pollution".
"Do not fall into the trap"
It is still "too early" to determine the material damage caused by the attack, "Said Khatibzadeh said on Monday:" Each of the centrifuges must be inspected to give an assessment of the damage.
"And if the attack" was aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear capacity, I would say, on the other hand, that all the centrifuges which (were damaged) were of the IR-1 type "
(that is to say of the first generation, Editor's note)
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"Let everyone know that they will for sure be replaced by more advanced machines," he added, promising that "Iran's response will be revenge against the Zionist regime when and where timely ”.
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According to the official Irna news agency, deputies indicated that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had "insisted (...) on the need not to fall into the trap set by the Zionists".
"But we will not allow (Israel to derail the talks in Vienna) and we will take revenge on the Zionists for these actions," he reportedly told the same source at a closed meeting in parliament devoted to the attack. against Natanz.