TEHRAN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2020) Fire at the Natanz nuclear facility in early July was the result of sabotage, Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Sunday.
"Investigation confirmed that it was sabotage," Kamalvandi said, as quoted by the Al-Alam tv channel.
The AEOI spokesman added that the details would be announced at an appropriate time.
In early July, a major explosion hit Iran's Natanz nuclear plant for enriching uranium. No casualties or leaks of radioactive materials from the facility have been reported.
Some local news outlets attributed the explosion to Israel's act of sabotage. Iranian authorities did not confirm or deny such reports, and have said that results of the investigation would be revealed later.
