Israeli minister welcomes report of huge blast at Iran nuclear plant

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-minister-welcomes-report-of-huge-blast-at-iran-nuclear-plant/

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By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
January 27, 2013

Israel’s Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter on Sunday welcomed a report 
that Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility had been rocked by a huge explosion.

The report was published Friday on the website wnd.com, under the sensational 
headline: “Sabotage! Key Iranian nuclear facility hit?” It claimed that a blast 
deep within Fordo last Monday “destroyed much of the installation and trapped 
about 240 personnel deep underground,” citing information from former 
intelligence officer Hamidreza Zakeri, who it said used to work with the 
Islamic regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and National Security.

The article claimed the blast “shook facilities within a radius of three 
miles,” that Iranian security forces had “enforced a no-traffic radius of 15 
miles,” that the Tehran-Qom highway was shut down for several hours after the 
blast, and that, “as of Wednesday afternoon, rescue workers had failed to reach 
the trapped personnel.” It said US officials were aware of the reported blast.

There was no independent confirmation of the claims. Nonetheless, Israel’s 
biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth led its Sunday paper with the report on 
the alleged blast, which it said might be “the most significant incidence of 
sabotage in the Iranian nuclear program to date.”

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