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Iran calls Natanz nuclear enrichment site blackout ‘nuclear terrorism’
A blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was an act of “nuclear terrorism”, according to the country’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi.
Key points:
- Multiple Israeli media outlets reported a cyberattack caused the blackout
- The incident took place a day after Tehran launched advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges
- Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion fell immediately on Israel, where its media nearly uniformly reported a devastating cyberattack orchestrated by the country caused the blackout.
Earlier on Sunday, a spokesman for the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) said that a problem with the electrical distribution grid of the Natanz site…
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