In less than a week, there have been at least seven explosions in Iran and now there is a growing suspicion that a clandestine Israeli spy squad - Unit 8200 may have been behind the cyberattacks that in one instance led to a chlorine gas leak after a blast at a petrochemical factory.
Even though Israel has been stern in denying any sort of involvement in the "mysterious explosions" at Iranian nuclear sites, the Iranian government official believes otherwise.

Three of the blasts took place at power plants, one at missile research, development and production site, one at a new uranium enrichment centrifuge center, and one at a downtown Tehran at a medical facility that could have been a cover for nuclear operations such as a hidden command center.
According to a report in Asia Times, questions are now being raised whether the power plant facilities were hit by a virus named "the son of Stuxnet?"
Iran: Explosion at Petrochemical Factory Video
#BREAKING: #Zargan Power Plant near #Ahvaz is on fire after explosion which is possibly caused by a cyber attack. It seems that the cyber attacks carried-out by the Unit 8200 of #Israel Defense Force against #Iran's Power Plants & Power Stations are being continued! First video? pic.twitter.com/RUm39nEbJQ
— Babak Taghvaee - Μπάπακ Τακβαίε - بابک تقوایی (B) (@BabakTaghvaee1) July 4, 2020
In 2010, Stuxnet, which is a computer virus was used to attack Iranian centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility. And Stuxnet was the handiwork of the Israeli Defense Force Unit 8200.
#BREAKING: I just received this image from a source in #Iran. This building which is in #Natanz nuclear site was damaged due to explosion caused by most likely a cyber attack of #Israel Defense Force today! This is located in Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Uranium Enrichment Facilities! pic.twitter.com/KHKF3g25jQ
— Babak Taghvaee - Μπάπακ Τακβαίε - بابک تقوایی (B) (@BabakTaghvaee1) July 2, 2020
The most recent blast, which took place at the Zargan power plant in Ahvaz in Iran's southwest, near the Persian Gulf and the Iraqi border caused a chlorine gas leak.
I just received this video from a journalist in #Iran. It shows workers of the #Karoun Petrochemical Plant of #Mahshahr in hospital. Workers are poisoned by the Chlorine gas which was released in their facility due to a cyber attack of Unit 8200 of #Israel Defense Force today. pic.twitter.com/A9QPK7lx4E
— Babak Taghvaee - Μπάπακ Τακβαίε - بابک تقوایی (B) (@BabakTaghvaee1) July 4, 2020
At least, 70 workers of the petrochemical factory had to be hospitalized, Washington Post reported citing Iranian state agency IRNA. And once again the Iranians believe that all these explosions must have been carried out by none other than the IDF Unit 8200.
What is Unit 8200?
Amid the accusation that Israel was behind the explosions in Iran, there is a consensus that if it was indeed a cyberattack then it must have been carried out by Unit 8200, sometimes also referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU).
Unit 8200 has been operational since 1952 and is on par with the United State's National Security Agency (NSA).
According to a Forbes report, only the best of the best "aged between 18- 21" are handpicked by the spy agency and often the recruitment for Unit 8200, which is a branch of the military intelligence tasked with cyber operations, is clandestine.
The Unit 8200 also found mention in the documents leaked to The Guardian, which published a report on September 11, 2013, that revealed how Unit 8200, referred to as ISNU, receives raw, unfiltered data of US citizens, as part of a secret agreement with the NSA.