A satellite photo of Iran's Natanz nuclear facility
IRANIAN Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif vowed revenge against Israel today for an attack on the country’s main nuclear site and said it would not derail talks over restoring Iran’s nuclear deal.
Iran has openly blamed Israel for Sunday’s blast at the Natanz nuclear site — the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation said that it had been caused by a “terrorist act.”
Mr Zarif claimed it was an attempt to derail negotiations currently under way in Vienna aimed at restoring 2015’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — known as the Iran nuclear deal — and ending US sanctions imposed by the former administration of Donald Trump.
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues
