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Israel Strikes Iran’s Isfahan Nuclear Facility Amid Escalating Air War<\/span><\/p>\n

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A primary nuclear facility in Iran\u2019s Isfahan province was targeted by an Israeli airstrike, though local authorities have reported no radiation leaks.<\/p>\n

Smoke was visible early Saturday morning near a mountainous area in Isfahan city following overnight Israeli strikes on the site<\/strong>, which activated the country’s air defense systems, amid continued tit-for-tat strikes between the Islamic Republic and Israel.<\/p>\n

Aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility. Source: Israel Defense Forces (IDF)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the second Israeli aerial attack on Isfahan<\/strong>, and as the Trump White House has vowed to not let Iran get a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

“Within the compound, a centrifuge production facility was also targeted, along with additional military targets of the Iranian regime in the Isfahan area,” the IDF said<\/a> Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

“This is what the nuclear facility in Isfahan looks like, which is used to convert uranium, which is the stage that follows the enrichment stage on the way to producing nuclear weapons,” said Israeli Army spokesman Avichay Adraee in an online post.<\/p>\n

“The air force struck the central facility along with buildings used to produce centrifuges<\/strong>. We continue to strike the Iranian nuclear project,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

According to more<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Fars news agency reported that there was no leakage of hazardous materials from the Isfahan site following the latest strikes<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, four primed ballistic missile launchers were \u201cneutralized\u201d in strikes before a salvo was launched at Israel, the military said.<\/em><\/p>\n

One UN-affiliated war monitor has alleged the following:<\/p>\n

Israel illegally, criminally, and deliberately attacked a nuclear facility in Isfahan, Iran, creating this way the risk of a nuclear catastrophe with mass civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

This is not just a violation of international law, it is terrorism. pic.twitter.com\/SzKnAUciq8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) June 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Below is The Wall Street Journal <\/em>on the significance of the\u00a0Isfahan site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Israeli military has now hit several of Iran\u2019s centrifuge production sites, including at Isfahan, Tehran and Karaj. While this represents a blow to Iran\u2019s centrifuge production, questions remain over its uranium stockpile.<\/em><\/p>\n

Iran’s large stockpile of enriched uranium was held in or around Isfahan<\/strong>. Safeguarding that stockpile, which has enough highly enriched uranium for around 10 nuclear weapons, would be crucial for any Iranian attempt to rush toward building a bomb. Tehran hinted last month it might disperse that material, which is held in barrels sealed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and regularly inspected<\/strong>. It isn’t known if Iran did so.<\/em><\/p>\n

And here is Financial Times<\/em> on Saturday after the Isfahan strike<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had launched an overnight assault involving 50 warplanes<\/strong>, with some targeting two centrifuge production facilities at Isfahan<\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n

However, the crown jewel of the Islamic Republic\u2019s nuclear program, a sprawling uranium enrichment facility built deep under a mountain in Fordow, remains out of reach of Israel\u2019s conventional weapons.<\/em><\/p>\n

Q: Your intelligence community says they have no evidence that Iran is building a nuke<\/p>\n

TRUMP: Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that?<\/p>\n

Q: You director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard<\/p>\n

TRUMP: She’s wrong pic.twitter.com\/RI9Jzouagh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

There are also emerging Saturday reports that Iran has killed another Iranian nuclear scientist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As Israeli jets struck military targets, high-ranking officers and nuclear-related facilities in Iran<\/strong>\u00a0during the opening salvo\u00a0<\/a>of Operation Rising Lion, there was another extremely high-stakes clandestine mission taking place. Code-named Operation Narnia, Israeli operatives\u00a0reportedly used a \u201csecret weapon\u201d<\/a>\u00a0to simultaneously kill nine of Iran\u2019s top nuclear scientists as they slept in their beds,\u00a0according to Israel\u2019s\u00a0N12\u00a0news outlet<\/a>. It was the latest move in Israel\u2019s\u00a0long-time effort\u00a0<\/a>to blunt Iranian nuclear ambitions by killing off the people capable of advancing the program.<\/em><\/p>\n

Officials declined to say what this special weapon, \u201cwhich remains under censorship and has not been disclosed publicly,\u201d was,\u00a0the\u00a0Times of Israel\u00a0explained<\/a>.\u00a0The War Zone\u00a0cannot verify these claims. However,\u00a0as we have previously reported, Israel hit residences of high-value individuals with smaller munitions and Mossad used drones and anti-tank guided missiles inside Iran (more on those later) on the first night of its attack. These targeted assassinations continue today, although not in the same volume seen during the opening acts of the war. It remains possible that some of these systems were used in the assassination of the scientists.<\/em><\/p>\n

After testifying before the Senate weeks ago that Iran is not actively purs<\/em>uing a nuclear bomb,\u00a0Gabbard has since said US intelligence showed Iran is “at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the head of the leading intergovernmental watchdog for nuclear energy and atomic weapons, IAEA\u00a0Director General Rafael Grossi, has said that it is possible that there are operations being kept secret from nuclear monitors.<\/p>\n

The IDF releases footage showing the aftermath of its airstrikes on Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility.<\/p>\n

A first strike on Ishafan on June 13 destroyed several critical sections, including uranium conversion infrastructure and labs, according to the IDF.<\/p>\n

Strikes overnight were\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pJ3J5H5FkP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

But at the same time, the United States’ own intelligence community has indicated the Islamic Republic is not seeking a nuke. The BBC reports in response to some of DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s latest comments<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Disagreement has been building within Trump’s “America First” movement over whether the US should enter the conflict.<\/em><\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country was “absolutely ready for a negotiated solution” <\/strong>on their nuclear programme but that Iran “cannot go through negotiations with the US when our people are under bombardment.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“President Trump has been clear that can’t happen, and I agree,” she added in a new public statement. Trump has said he will make a decision on striking Iran within ‘two weeks’ – but there remain many variables, no the least of which has been a perceived public rift between DNI Gabbard and the White House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 06\/21\/2025 – 13:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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