Zarif also explained how sanctions had forced Iran to rely on intermediaries., which created serious security vulnerabilities that were subsequently allegedly exploited by Israel.

Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed the sanctions on his country for allegedly facilitating Israel, and linked the issue to the Israeli operations in Lebanon

Iranian official Mohammad Javad Zarif revealed that Israel planted explosives in Iran's nuclear centrifuge units. The acknowledgment follows sabotage attacks by Mossad on Iranian facilities, highlighting vulnerabilities in Iran's nuclear programme amid ongoing Western sanctions.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was foreign minister when Iran and world powers agreed to the 2015 nuclear deal and is now vice president for strategic affairs, alleged in a recent interview that Israel once planted explosives in Iranian centrifuge equipment,

‘Israel tried to do the same trick with our uranium enrichment centrifuges as it did with Hezbollah's pagers, but we managed to detect the explosives in time’.’ This statement was made by Iranian Vice President and former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment programme, a top Iranian official has acknowledged for the first time, underscoring the sophistication of sabotage programmes targeting the Islamic Republic.