An Israeli airstrike in late October reportedly targeted a highly classified nuclear weapons research facility in Iran’s Parchin military complex, significantly disrupting Tehran’s nuclear activities, sources say. The strike destroyed the Taleghan 2 facility, once part of Iran’s Amad nuclear programme until it was halted in 2003. The attack, confirmed by U.S. and Israeli officials, targeted a site believed to be inactive, but recent reports indicate it had resumed activities that could support nuclear weapons development.
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The airstrike has set back Iran’s nuclear ambitions, with sources indicating that advanced equipment used for designing explosives, crucial for nuclear device detonation, was destroyed. Despite Iran’s repeated denials of seeking nuclear weapons, U.S. and Israeli officials claim that the research at Taleghan 2 involved dual-use technology, including computer modeling and explosive testing, which could be linked to nuclear weapons production.
The strike follows a large-scale missile attack by Iran in early October, with Israel targeting the secretive site as a response. Israeli officials are said to have conducted the operation with deep knowledge of Iran’s classified nuclear projects, signaling their ability to monitor even the most secretive elements of Tehran’s nuclear program.
