Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi warned on Monday that any country that is deemed responsible for the explosion at the Natanz nuclear enrichment center last week should expect a strong Iranian retaliation.
According to the New York Times, the string of explosions in Iran in recent weeks is part of an "evolving" Israeli-American strategy of "short-of-war clandestine strikes, aimed at taking out the most prominent generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and setting back Iran's nuclear facilities."
Iran last week confirmed that a damaged building at the Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Iranian officials had previously sought to downplay the fire, which erupted early on Thursday, calling it only an "incident" that affected an "industrial shed." However, a released photo and video of the site broadcasted by Iranian state television showed a two-story brick building with scorch marks and its roof apparently destroyed. Iranian officials have said they suspect "enemies of Iran" were responsible for the attack on Natanz but have yet to officially blame Israel.
"After summarizing, a full report will be presented in this regard and then, we will take the necessary actions in accordance with the findings that will be made after the investigation," Mousavi warned on Monday, without mentioning the Jewish state or the United States.
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"If a regime or a government is involved in the Natanz incident, Iran will react decisively," Mousavi stressed.
The spokesman also mentioned the anniversary of the conclusion of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) this week. "After 13 years of intensive international negotiations, agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on July 14, 2015. A week later, JCPOA was approved by Resolution 2231," he said.
"Because of the presidential election in the US, the Trump administration considers the destruction of JCPOA more and more in its favor," Mousavi said.
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