Israel has launched a second wave of strikes on Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility, targeting two centrifuge production sites overnight, a senior Israeli military official confirmed on Saturday.
The renewed attack comes just days after the first round of airstrikes on June 13, which Israel said struck facilities linked to uranium metal production and enrichment infrastructure.
“Isfahan we targeted in the first 24 hours of our operation, but we carried out a second wave of strikes there overnight, deepening our achievements and advancing the damage to the facility,” the official told AFP.
He added that the latest strikes were part of a broader campaign, noting that Israel had also hit “a couple more centrifuge production sites” elsewhere in recent days. The repeated raids by the Israeli air force have "dealt a severe blow to Iran's centrifuge production capabilities,” he said.
Centrifuges are critical to uranium enrichment, a process that can serve both civilian energy needs and, at higher levels of purity, military applications such as nuclear weapons.
Isfahan, a central city in Iran’s nuclear programme, houses a uranium conversion facility and a nuclear fuel fabrication plant, both key to Iran’s civilian nuclear ambitions. The site was also earmarked for a new research reactor, announced in 2022.
Despite the strikes, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation has sought to downplay the damage. Following the first wave of attacks, it stated that there had been “no extensive” impact and assured the public that there was no radiation threat.
Alongside Isfahan, Israel has also recently targeted Iran’s underground nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordo, both of which are believed to play a significant role in the country’s uranium enrichment efforts.
The latest developments mark a sharp escalation in the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran, with growing concern over the implications for regional stability and the future of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The renewed attack comes just days after the first round of airstrikes on June 13, which Israel said struck facilities linked to uranium metal production and enrichment infrastructure.
“Isfahan we targeted in the first 24 hours of our operation, but we carried out a second wave of strikes there overnight, deepening our achievements and advancing the damage to the facility,” the official told AFP.
He added that the latest strikes were part of a broader campaign, noting that Israel had also hit “a couple more centrifuge production sites” elsewhere in recent days. The repeated raids by the Israeli air force have "dealt a severe blow to Iran's centrifuge production capabilities,” he said.
Centrifuges are critical to uranium enrichment, a process that can serve both civilian energy needs and, at higher levels of purity, military applications such as nuclear weapons.
Isfahan, a central city in Iran’s nuclear programme, houses a uranium conversion facility and a nuclear fuel fabrication plant, both key to Iran’s civilian nuclear ambitions. The site was also earmarked for a new research reactor, announced in 2022.
Despite the strikes, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation has sought to downplay the damage. Following the first wave of attacks, it stated that there had been “no extensive” impact and assured the public that there was no radiation threat.
Alongside Isfahan, Israel has also recently targeted Iran’s underground nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordo, both of which are believed to play a significant role in the country’s uranium enrichment efforts.
The latest developments mark a sharp escalation in the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran, with growing concern over the implications for regional stability and the future of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
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