SA ‘concerned’ over Iran nuclear incident

The South African government says it’s concerned about an alleged attack on a key nuclear site in Iran.

Iran says it’s ramping up uranium enrichment at the Natanz plant following Sunday’s explosion.

Thousands of nuclear refinery machines were damaged or destroyed.

Iran’s blaming Israel for the alleged attack, which Israel hasn’t formally responded to yet.

Anil Sooklal, the Deputy Director General for Asia and the Middle East,  for the Department of International Relations

and Cooperation meanwhile says the timing of the incident is concerning.  

This as Iran is currently meeting global powers in Vienna to try and resuscitate the United States’ nuclear deal,

which saw Iran limit its nuclear output, in return for lifting sanctions. Sookal says South Africa firmly prescribes

to a policy of a world free of nuclear weapons and is concerned that ‘external factors’ may have caused this blast.