Iranian Scientists Recruited by Israel’s Mossad Behind Explosions at Natanz Nuclear Plant - Report - Sputnik International

The sabotage operation at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Facility in April was carried out by top Iranian nuclear scientists working as agents for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

On April 11, 2021, as Iranian and European diplomats met in Vienna to discuss how the US might return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) now that a new US president with a new Iran policy had taken office, an explosion ripped through the Natanz facility 2,100 miles away.

At the time, Iran reported that the blast had knocked out the power and that only a relatively simple centrifuge had been damaged. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, described the incident as a “small explosion” that had “damaged sectors [which] can be quickly repaired.” The Israeli government didn’t publicly comment on the attack aside from acknowledging that it had happened.