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2021-07-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Experts reportedly see major damage in attack on Iran centrifuge plant
[IsraelTimes] Public broadcaster says head of international think tank tracking Iran’s nuclear program and others believe equipment at Karaj facility was completely destroyed or disabled.

Experts believe an attack on a facility producing centrifuge parts for Iran’s nuclear program caused extensive damage, destroying or disabling all equipment at part of the site, according to an Israeli report Sunday.

Tehran has maintained that the apparent drone assault on the Karaj factory was thwarted and no damage caused, but satellite photos published by private Israeli intelligence group The Intel Lab Saturday seemingly cast doubt on those claims, showing a large hole in the roof of one building previously identified as a bellows manufacturing plant.

The photos also purportedly showed evidence of a large fire.

According to the Kan public broadcaster, experts who saw the photos concluded that "all equipment in the area had been destroyed completely or rendered inoperable." It said the experts had made the assessments based on the satellite photos, which were taken July 1.

The station only named one expert it was relying on, David Albright, who heads the Institute for Science and International Security, a non-governmental organization which has attempted to track and expose illicit aspects of Iran’s nuclear program.

According to the report, Albright and other experts say that the Iranians have already begun attempting to repair the damage from the June 23 strike at the Iran
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Centrifuge Technology Company, or TESA, near the city of Karaj, northwest of Tehran.

A tweet from The Intel Lab on Saturday claimed that the roof had largely been dismantled by Iran as part of rehabilitation activities following the attack. The dismantled roof allowed analysts to peek inside the building, where dark coloration indicated the presence of a large fire inside the building, the smallest of three main structures at the site.

According to a New York Times

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report last month, the TESA factory was tasked with replacing damaged centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear site, a previous target of apparent sabotage, and also produces more advanced centrifuges that can more quickly enrich uranium.

In 2011, members of the National Council of Resistance® in Iran opposition group published photos of the Karaj site claiming that it was being used for the clandestine production of centrifuge parts.

"The various parts that are manufactured in this site include casing, magnets, molecular pumps, composite tubes, Bellows, and centrifuge bases. These are essentially the parts used for the production of IR-1 type centrifuges. But there are also parts related to more advanced centrifuges that are also produced at this site."



Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-05 00:19|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top
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