Iranian authorities improved the impact of a fire on the Natanz nuclear facility, and now rated the damage as “significant” after previously downplaying it as “limited”. Iran says it is not yet clear what caused the fire, which is one of several unusual events at the facility in recent weeks. The plant is considered Iran’s largest uranium enrichment facility and is located about 150 kilometers from Tehran. The New York Times He reported that a Middle East intelligence official “with knowledge of the episode” said that Israeli agents had placed a “powerful bomb” at the site, and that a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the explosion. Iranian Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said Sunday that there were no human casualties in the fire last week, but that “the financial losses were significant.” Previously, the governor of Natanz said the fire only damaged one building under construction and did not affect the main area of the facility.
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