Iran says the accident at the Natanz nuclear facility: caused by terrorist actions

　　China News Service, April 12, according to Reuters, citing Iran’s national television report, Ali Akbar Salehi, chairman of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), stated that the country’s Natanz nuclear facility had an accident on the 11th. , Was caused by the "nuclear terrorism" action, and stated that Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators.

　　AEOI spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi (Behrouz Kamalvandi) said earlier on the 11th that a failure in the transmission grid in Natanz led to an accident.

Kamawandi said the accident did not cause casualties or nuclear pollution.

　　According to reports, the facility is located in the desert of the central Isfahan Province. It is the core of Iran's uranium enrichment program and is monitored by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

　　"Iran condemns this despicable act, stresses the need for the international community and the IAEA to deal with this type of nuclear terrorism, and reserves the right to take action against perpetrators," Salehi said.

　　According to the report, when asked about what happened, an IAEA spokesperson said via email: “We already know the media reports and do not comment at this stage.”

　　According to previous reports, Iranian President Rouhani ordered the activation of 164 IR-6 centrifuges in the Natanz nuclear facility on the 10th to start the production of enriched uranium.

Rouhani said that the efficiency of the IR-6 centrifuge to produce enriched uranium is 10 times that of the first-generation IR-1.

He reiterated the "peaceful" nature of Iran's nuclear activities.

　　In July 2015, Iran reached a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.

According to the agreement, Iran promised to restrict its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Iran by the international community.

The agreement restricts Iran to only use IR-1 centrifuges to carry out uranium enrichment activities.

　　In May 2018, the US government unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement, and subsequently restarted and added a series of sanctions against Iran.

Since May 2019, Iran has gradually suspended the implementation of certain provisions of the Iran nuclear agreement, but promised that the measures taken are "reversible."