Iran Successfully Thwarts Attempts To Sabotage Their Nuclear Facilities

Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz. (Wikimedia Commons/Hamed Saber)

JAKARTA - A sabotage operation against one of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) buildings failed and caused no damage or casualties, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.

"Thanks to the tight security measures predicted for the AEOI premises, the sabotage attempt that took place on Wednesday morning failed before causing any damage. The case is currently being investigated to identify the culprit", Iran's IRNA News Agency quoted the Iranian news agency as saying, Wednesday 23 June.

"Sabotage acts aimed at disrupting the activities of Iran's nuclear facilities have not been able to interfere with the continuation of Iran's nuclear program", the media continued, without elaborating on the nuclear facilities that were subjected to the sabotage experiments.

Meanwhile, citing The Jerusalem Post, this incident occurred just days after Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant underwent an emergency shutdown. As of Tuesday, repairs at the Bushehr power plant were still ongoing.

To note, earlier this week Israel's new prime minister Naftali Bennett said Israel's policy would not change and would not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, despite having a new president.

Previously, the Iranian government announced that it had succeeded in making 6.5 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent on Tuesday, June 15 local time, making Iran pay attention and getting closer to being able to produce a nuclear bomb.