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Report of explosion at Iranian nuclear facility

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    Iran denies reported blast

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Though it heavily fortified -- facility in Iran may have experienced a setback due to some form of sabotage or accident -- -- there is some supposition that perhaps somebody managed to smuggle.

-- explosive device into the into the big facility disguise maybe a nuclear fuel.

That would take a very sophisticated operation -- that's true.

Yes indeed this was this is a facility Iranians.

Think we're looking to protect win at all costs.

If this wasn't -- a successful act of sabotage.

It would represented a second major.

Act of sabotage after the the -- -- virus that was reported before you know.

This is a facility that's buried deep within a mountain there are concerns that if you were to try to attack it from the air you just wouldn't be able to penetrate it.

With anything maybe even the most sophisticated bunker busting bombs.

So if there was some kind of an explosion may be an act of sabotage.

It shows a vulnerability that -- that the Iranians and obviously having accountable.

That's absolutely true it also shows that there are options.

Short of a traditional act of war.

And relying only on negotiations that might make a meaningful difference.

But they're also risks and what we don't know in this situation -- they witnessed heavy rains were supposed to sit down with the United States and some other nations for some nuclear talks can't even agree on a location.

For the talks.

It is thought that that it might.

Somehow handicapping them if news of this thing gets out and -- that's why they don't wanna talk about it what what can you tell us about.

Well frankly to me it's an interest in theory in terms of what would make talks effective.

With the Iran.

My own feet my own sense is that when a nation like Iran North Korea it's mother's -- I'm sorry -- national -- in Iraq but we have some breaking news.

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