UN nuclear watchdog says Iran heavy water plant 'damaged' after Israeli strike
The Israeli military said Friday it carried out a strike against a heavy water plant in Arak, central Iran, describing the site as a "key plutonium production site for nuclear weapons"
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Iran's only nuclear power plant. Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/FILE
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sunday that Iran's heavy water production plant in Khondab was no longer operational after an Israeli military strike.
The Israeli military said Friday it carried out a strike against a heavy water plant in Arak, central Iran, describing the site as a "key plutonium production site for nuclear weapons".
On Sunday, IAEA said based on an independent analysis of satellite imagery the heavy water production plant at Khondab, which Iran reported had been attacked on 27 March, had "sustained severe damaged (sic) and is no longer operational".
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It added the "installation contains no declared nuclear material".
