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“Investigations by relevant authorities have identified the exact cause of the accident … at the Natanz nuclear complex,” said Keyvan Khosravi, spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, referring to one of the country’s leading uranium enrichment companies. .
“For some safety reasons, the cause of this accident and the information will be published in due course,” Khosravi was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The Shiite Republic’s nuclear power agency said the incident took place on Thursday in a warehouse under construction at a complex in central Iran. Authorities said that no one was injured and that no radioactive contaminants were released into the environment.
The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization did not provide further details, but Natanz governor Ramezan Ali Ferdows told the Tasnim news agency that there was a fire at the scene.
Hours after Thursday’s incident, IRNA issued an editorial warning its Iranian enemies to refrain from hostile actions. The publication cites unnamed Israeli claims that the Jewish state is responsible for the incident.
“If there are signs that hostile states, especially the Zionist regime, have crossed the red lines drawn by Iran, [Izraelis] and the United States, Iran’s strategy in response to the new situation will have to be fundamentally reviewed, “the agency said.
The incident has not yet been cleared up by the Iranian nuclear authority, which took place six days after Tehran was rocked by an explosion near a military complex in the Parchin area, southeast of the country’s capital.
According to authorities, the explosion was destroyed by “leaking gas tanks”.
Parchin is an area suspected of carrying out test bombings, possibly related to Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. The Shiite Republic rejects such allegations.
Tehran announced in May last year that it would suspend some of its commitments under a multilateral treaty on Iran’s nuclear program, from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018.
Last September, Iran resumed uranium enrichment at Natanz, despite the agreement’s promise to stop doing so.
Tehran has always denied that its nuclear program has any military purpose.
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