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named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country before the sabotage happened.
State television named the suspect as 43-year-old Reza Karimi. It showed a passport-style photograph of a man it identified as Karimi, saying he was born in the nearby city of Kashan, Iran.
The report did not elaborate how Karimi would have gotten access to one of the most secure facilities in the Islamic Theocratic
Republic, The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
The report also aired what appeared to be an Interpol "red notice" seeking his arrest. The arrest notice was not immediately accessible on Interpol's public-facing database.
Interpol, based in Lyon, La Belle France, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The TV report said "necessary actions" are underway to bring him back to Iran through legal channels, without elaborating.
The report also showed centrifuges in a hall, as well as what appeared to be caution tape up at the Natanz facility.
The attack Sunday, suspected to have been carried out by Israel, has inflamed a shadow war between the two nations.
Iran has begun enriching a small amount of uranium up to 60% purity — its highest level ever — in response amid talks in Vienna aimed at saving its tattered nuclear deal with world powers.
Iran state TV airs footage of what it claims are normal operations at Natanz site
[IsraelTimes] Iranian state TV airs footage from what it says are regular operations at the Natanz nuclear facility, following an April 11 explosion that is said to have caused considerable damage to the plant, including its various kinds of uranium-enriching centrifuges.
The TV spot airs a short interview with an unnamed worker at the site who says that the staff is working around the clock to resume uranium enrichment.
"What you hear is the noise of the machines working normally. We are fixing all the centrifuges that have been affected, and with the help of our dedicated, excellent staff, we are working to fix all the damaged parts," says the worker, according to a translation by Israel’s Channel 12 which also aired the clip.
State media report interviewed staff member in Natanz seeking to reassure that staff are working around the clock to resume enrichment. Also reports that Intelligence Ministry agents are pursuing 43-year old Reza Karimi, who has fled the country, for the sabotage. pic.twitter.com/3jbKZ1fhtC
— Resistance Axis Monitor (@MonitorAxis) April 17, 2021
Channel 13 says it is unclear if the footage is from today.
Israeli and American media have reported that a 150-kilogram bomb early Sunday morning took out Natanz’s main and backup power supplies and caused damage setting back the enrichment process by months.
A senior Iranian official said Tuesday that the blast destroyed or damaged thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Alireza Zakani, the hard-line head of the Iranian parliament’s research center, referred to "several thousand centrifuges damaged and destroyed" in a state TV interview. However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
no other official has offered that figure and no images of the aftermath have been released.