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Some Western and Iranian officials stated the cause of explosions to be Israeli cyber attacks and covert US and Israeli strikes, [9] [10] as part of the broader Iran–Israel proxy conflict. The government vowed to retaliate if sabotage was confirmed in its Natanz nuclear facility. [11]
One of the primary objectives of the facility is to render services to scientists, engineers and graduate students in nuclear techniques. Tehran research reactor can be utilized for laboratory work involving studies of the reactor core and experiments on neutron diffusion, neutron diffraction, shielding, gamma spectroscopy, boron neutron ...
In 1967, the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC) was established, run by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). The TNRC was equipped with a 5-megawatt nuclear research reactor supplied by US company American Machine and Foundry, which was fueled by highly enriched uranium. [20] [21]
Iranian media began to report explosions in and around the capital Tehran after 2am local time (23:30 BST). ... that any nuclear, energy or oil targets were hit. ... to Iran’s October 1 attack ...
Iran's nuclear research facilities in Tehran include a research reactor. BUSHEHR Iran's only operating nuclear power plant, on the Gulf coast, uses Russian fuel that Russia then takes back when it ...
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper weighed in on Israel’s likely response to a barrage of missiles launched by Tehran earlier this week and potential attacks on Iran nuclear facilities, saying ...
Operation Opera (Hebrew: מִבְצָע אוֹפֵּרָה), [1] also known as Operation Babylon, [2] was a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17 kilometres (11 miles; 9.2 nautical miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
The attack was launched in response to the Iranian drone and missile strikes in Israel, which itself was an Iranian retaliation for the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. [ 12 ] Iranian media and social media reported minor explosions near Isfahan, [ 13 ] where Iran has nuclear facilities , a drone manufacturing facility ...