Iran's decision to carry out enrichment work deep underground at Fordow could make it much harder for U.S. or Israeli forces to carry out veiled threats to use force against Iranian nuclear facilities. The move to Fordow could narrow a time window for diplomacy to avert any attack.
"It's impossible to say who is behind the apparently carefully targeted attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists over the past couple of years. But Iranian perceptions will be that Israel, the U.S. and other Western states are behind the attacks, seeking as they are to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program," said Gala Riani at IHS Global Insight.
"It's hard to say whether it (Wednesday's attack) could be in response to anything really, if it is being carried out by foreign intelligence services then its more likely to be part of a longer-term agenda to derail and set back Iran's nuclear program ... rather than a quick-reaction to the start of enrichment activities in Fordow," Riani added.
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