The Zionist regime had informed the US government about this operation two hours before the sabotage operation at the Natanz nuclear facility.
An American newspaper reported on Thursday evening, citing US and Zionist sources, that less than two hours before the sabotage operation at the Natanz nuclear facility in April, the Zionist regime had informed US President Joe Biden of the operation.
The New York Times claims that the Israeli Mossad, the foreign intelligence service of the Zionist regime, informed the Biden government of its intention to sabotage Natanz two hours before the attack.
The American newspaper, however, claims that this time was too short for Washington to evaluate the operation or to dissuade Israel from doing so.
Meanwhile, the Zionist newspaper Jerusalem Post stated in an analysis after the sabotage operation in Natanz that the operation was designed to reduce the levers of Iranian pressure on the United States in the negotiations on Borjam in Vienna at the time.
The attack on the Natanz facility was announced on 22 April. On that day, Behrouz Kamalvandi, the then spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced: “This morning, an accident occurred in a part of the electricity distribution network of the Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Enrichment Complex (Natanz), which fortunately did not result in any human injuries or pollution.”
“Ali Akbar Salehi,” the then head of the Atomic Energy Organization, also said in response to the incident in a part of the electricity distribution network of Natanz enrichment facility: “The action against the Natanz enrichment center shows the failure of the opposition to the country’s industrial and political progress to prevent the significant development of the nuclear industry on the one hand, and the successful negotiations to lift the oppressive sanctions.”
Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the time, said: “The unfortunate incident that took place in Natanz was repeatedly told by the Zionist regime before, and these days it is heard from various sources that confirm that this regime was behind this story.”
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that revenge against the Zionist regime will be done in its time and place: “The centrifuges that went out of orbit yesterday after the Natanz accident were of the IR1 type and will be replaced with advanced centrifuges.”
In another part of its report, the New York Times claimed that the level of intelligence cooperation between the Zionist regime and the US government had changed since US President Joe Biden took office, and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had lost confidence in Biden’s government.
Although Naftali Bennett and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both considered extremist politicians against Iran, the Zionist media claim that Bennett intends to steer Tel Aviv’s policies in a new direction.
The main debate now is whether the current situation – in which no agreement has been reached in the UN Security Council negotiations and Iran is rapidly advancing its nuclear program – is in Israel’s interest or if the United States and Iran fully implement the UN Security Council.
Western countries, led by the United States and the Zionist regime, have in recent years accused Iran of pursuing military goals in its nuclear program. Iran has strongly denied these allegations.
Iran emphasizes that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
In addition, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have visited Iran’s nuclear facilities several times but have never found any evidence that the country’s peaceful nuclear energy program is deviating from military purposes.
In addition, in 2015, Iran reached an agreement with the so-called P5 + 1 countries to resolve tensions over its nuclear program. Despite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s acknowledgment of Iran’s adherence to all of its obligations, the US government unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in May 2016.
The Zionist regime, on the other hand, is the only holder of nuclear weapons in the West Asian region and, with US support, has kept its nuclear weapons program out of international control.
The new US administration, led by Joe Biden, claims that it intends to bring the United States back to the BRICS nuclear deal through ongoing negotiations in Vienna, but has so far refused to fulfill its commitments.
The Zionist regime and Washington have put cooperation against Iran on the agenda in recent months. For example, Reuters reported last month that Israel’s new cabinet plans to send a team of sanctions experts to Washington to discuss ways to better implement the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan and the sanctions that should be maintained against Iran.
The Western media clarified that this strategy is very different from the policy of “Benjamin Netanyahu”, the former Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, who did not intend to interact with the government of “Joe Biden” regarding the return of the United States to Burjam.
In addition, the Axios website reported on July 3, quoting Israeli officials, that Tel Aviv intended to use diplomacy to influence the US government’s approach to Iran’s nuclear program.
Although Naftali Bennett and his cabinet, like Netanyahu, oppose a nuclear deal with Iran, Axius writes that engagement with the United States on the issue is on the agenda.
Axius reported last week that the Israeli intelligence community, the Foreign Ministry and the regime’s security agencies estimate that the likelihood of an Iranian agreement on Borjam has diminished since Ibrahim Ra’isi took office.
Axius’ claim comes as Ayatollah Ra’isi has stated in several comments on the 13th government’s foreign policy that Iran will return to the nuclear deal if the other parties fulfill their commitments.
During a meeting last Wednesday, Naftali Bennett told William Burns his assessment of Iran’s nuclear program and his cabinet’s policy in this regard. Israeli officials have said that William Burns also appears to have been hesitant about Iran being ready to reach an agreement on the UN Security Council.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made many attempts to overthrow Burjam while in power, including urging former US President Donald Trump to step down. He has repeatedly stressed that Trump, with his encouragement, left the UN Security Council and pursued a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran.
Trump and Netanyahu hoped that maximum pressure could persuade Iran to come to the negotiating table to negotiate a new agreement instead of Borjam. This policy failed.