Israeli TV says blasts that damaged the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in Iran in April was a supply-chain attack. Operatives supplied Iran with the marble platforms on which the centrifuges stand, and the marble was embedded with explosives. apnews.com/article/united…
"Media in Israel [have] to clear stories involving security matters through military censors. That Cohen’s remarks apparently cleared the censors suggests Israel wanted to issue a new warning to Iran amid the Vienna nuclear negotiations."
It's confusing which incident Israel TV is referring to. There were explosions at Natanz in July 2020 and April 2021. The 2020 incident involved fire; 2021 incident included explosion but mostly took out electricity. Here's my story about 2021 incident: zetter.substack.com/p/sabotage-at-…
Iranian officials conceded that there had been a "small explosion” in the April incident but downplayed it. That is, until it was reported that an official touring the damaged plant had fallen down a 20-foot hole, suggesting the explosion was more extensive than officials let on.
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