World powers have sought to distance themselves from an alleged attack on Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility that threatens to complicate talks to revive an international nuclear deal with Tehran.
The US denied involvement in the incident at the Natanz underground site, while Germany warned the episode could harm the nuclear accord negotiations due to resume in Vienna on Tuesday.
Tehran has branded the problem with Natanz’s power supply “nuclear terrorism” and suggested Israel was behind it, although it has not confirmed speculation of a cyber attack. Iran has claimed those responsible aimed to derail efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear accord, which President Joe Biden has said the US is conditionally prepared to rejoin after the Trump administration withdrew in 2018. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.