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| IAF hit secret Iranian nuclear research facility during October operation - report |
| 2024-11-15 |
| [Jpost] The Israel Air Force allegedly struck one of Iran's secret nuclear research facilities as part of an operation that took place at the end of October, according to a Friday Axios report that cited former and current US and Israeli officials. According to the report, the attack caused significant damage to the site in the Parchin military complex, about 20 kilometers southeast of Tehran. The strike dealt a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear development efforts, the officials cited in the report claimed. The facility was allegedly part of the Iranian Amad nuclear weapons program until 2003. It was then used for testing explosives needed to set off a nuclear device, the report added, citing the Institute for Science and International Security. IRAN DECLINES TO COMMENT Axios also noted that a former Israeli official briefed on the strike said Israel destroyed sophisticated equipment that was required and necessary for the nuclear devices. Additionally, the report said that Iran has allegedly denied using nuclear weapons. It also mentioned that the Iranian mission to the UN declined to comment on the Axios report. "One former Israeli official briefed on the strike said it destroyed sophisticated equipment used to design the plastic explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device and are needed to detonate it." Iran claims to have brought its military nuclear program to a halt in 2003, and yet the Taleghan 2 building at Parchin "was used for testing explosives needed to set off a nuclear device, according to the Institute for Science and International Security." "They conducted scientific activity that could lay the ground for the production of a nuclear weapon. It was a top-secret thing. A small part of the Iranian government knew about this, but most of the Iranian government didn't," a U.S. official told Axios. What's interesting is that Israel knew about a nuclear weapons research facility that most of the Iranian government did not. There's also the small matter of Iran's missile production, which was hobbled in the same October air raid that destroyed Iran's Parchin Military Complex. Three weeks ago, "multiple reports citing Israeli, American and Iranian officials," plus satellite imagery, revealed that Israel's Oct. 26 air raid "crippled Iran’s ability to produce long-range ballistic missiles." "The Axios news site cited Israeli sources and a US official as saying Iran can’t produce the mixers [for solid rocket fuel] on its own and must acquire them from China, which may take more than a year," and that it would "take two years to repair the factory." Whatever missiles Iran has on hand now is about all they'll have for a while. Related: Parchin: 2024-11-13 Is Israel ready to hit Iran's nuclear sites? Parchin: 2024-10-28 Satellite images show damage at two secretive Iranian bases after Israeli strikes Parchin: 2024-10-27 'Backbone of Iran's missile industry' destroyed by IAF strikes on Islamic Republic, looks like IAF attack was preparation Related: Amad  02/10/2024 Iran Now Has Enough Material to Build a Nuclear Bomb in Just One Week Amad  11/26/2023 Ex-mayor of Johannesburg Thapelo Amad comes out guns blazing in support of Hamas Amad  10/11/2023 Palestinian Authority Ambassador To Iraq Ahmad Rwaidy: Israeli Civilians Are Not Innocent People Related: Amad Plan 02/10/2024 Iran Now Has Enough Material to Build a Nuclear Bomb in Just One Week |
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