Fire Breaks Out at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility but Operations Unaffected, Officials Say

Fire Breaks Out at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility but Operations Unaffected, Officials Say
A view of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran on July 2, 2020. [Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters]
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DUBAI—A fire broke out at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on July 2, but operations were unaffected, officials said, as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal.

The Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), Iran’s main uranium enrichment site, is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by the United Nations nuclear watchdog.