On June 8, 1981, Council Iraqi revolutionary leadershipOne day after the Israeli Air Force carried out the opera operation against the atomic installation of Osirak (Tamuz 1), which is located 17 km southeast of Baghdad, upon issuing a statement addressed to the Iraqi people, accused Iran to He implicitly cooperates with Israel in the attack.
Later, Some published reports Western intelligence agencies and Western media accused Iran of cooperation in the field of intelligence with Air Force Israel During the operation to destroy the Ozrein power plant. Five years ago, Jack Straw, former British Foreign Affairs Secretary, emerged in a conversation with an Arab television network Iran provided Israel’s information about the nuclear reactor Tamuz 1 In exchange for receiving information about military facilities in western Iraq, which caused them to be destroyed during an Israeli air attack.
The conspiracy root of these phrasesAnd, which has not been officially approved by the Islamic Republic, dates back to the progress of the Iranian Air Force to dismantle Osirak nuclear installation (Temmuz 1). Just a few days after the eight -year war started with Iraq, the Iranian Air Force attacked the installation on September 29, 1980 during an operation called the burning sword led by Javad Foukuri, but only caused slight damage, according to reports published by Western intelligence agencies. on the contrary, Iraq also launched revenge attacks against the Bushehir Atomic FactoryAttacking her at least five times for 8 years of war.
Although the Iranian attack against Tamuz 1 was implemented with F-4 fighters, Israel used the F-15 and F-16 to attack the atomic research reactor in Osirak, which was afraid to be Saddam’s government You will be used to develop atomic weapons, YDImportant parts of the same pressedWith the death of ten Iraqi soldiers and a French engineer.
Apparently, He surprised the Israeli attack To the Republican President Ronald Reagan, But according to the documents, Former President of the United States, Jimmy CarterHe was aware of the major possibility of an Israeli attack against the reactor and even his administration, and Israel warned of the consequences. The Opera operation received a generalized international condemnation, but Israel said that Iraq’s offspring was largely late.
but, Baghdad announced its intention to rebuild OzreenBut the lengthy war with Iran prevented European engineers and technicians from returning to Iraq. With the intensification of the financial pressure caused by the war, Saddam Hussein’s government had limited resources to continue Iraqi nuclear research, Until the American army also destroyed the remains that were still from Osirak In the 1991 attacks, during a war Persian Gulf.
