{"id":33207,"date":"2025-06-14T06:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israeli-airstrikes-hit-multiple-iran-nuclear-sites-heres-what-we-know-about-them\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T06:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:52:03","slug":"israeli-airstrikes-hit-multiple-iran-nuclear-sites-heres-what-we-know-about-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israeli-airstrikes-hit-multiple-iran-nuclear-sites-heres-what-we-know-about-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli airstrikes hit multiple Iran nuclear sites. Here&#8217;s what we know about them."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Israeli military targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, research scientists and senior military commanders in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-launches-strike-on-iran-sources-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dozens of preemptive airstrikes<\/a><\/span> early Friday morning in what it dubbed &#8220;Operation Rising Lion.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The strikes \u2014 which the Israel Defense Forces said included dropping &#8220;over 330 different munitions&#8221; on more than 100 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maps-israel-attacks-iran-nuclear-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">targets in Iran<\/a><\/span> \u2014 prompted Iran to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-israel-drone-attack-retaliation-strikes-on-nuclear-sites-and-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">launch about 100 missiles<\/a><\/span> at Israel in a retaliatory attack later Friday. The IDF said its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted most of the missiles, and U.S. officials confirmed that the United States helped Israel intercept Iranian missiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin claimed intelligence showed &#8220;the Iranian regime has made significant progress in achieving nuclear capability and its ability to act against us,&#8221; calling it an emerging and existential threat to Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. was not involved in Israel&#8217;s airstrikes on Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attacks came one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency&#8217;s Board of Governors censured Iran for the first time in 20 years for not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more advanced ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:558px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-Z4c99\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Z4c99\/full.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The IAEA is the United Nations&#8217; Vienna-based nuclear watchdog. It <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-has-amassed-even-more-near-weapons-grade-uranium-un-watchdog-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said in a confidential report last month<\/a><\/span> that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, and called on Tehran to urgently change course and comply with the agency&#8217;s probe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-urges-iran-make-a-deal-after-israeli-strikes-nuclear-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">President Trump on Friday urged Iran<\/a><\/span> to &#8220;make a deal, before there is nothing left&#8221; and to agree to new restrictions on its nuclear program <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-nuclear-program-iaea-un-report-uranium-enrichment-advancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">while it still can<\/a><\/span>. The president has previously said Iran cannot be allowed to enrich uranium, a term Iran has not been willing to accept. Steve Witkoff, the president&#8217;s Middle East envoy, was set to hold a sixth round of talks with Iran in the Gulf state of Oman on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at some major Iranian sites and their importance in Tehran&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n<h2>Natanz enrichment facility<\/h2>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s nuclear facility at Natanz, located some 135 miles southeast of Tehran, is the country&#8217;s main enrichment site.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/55f899da-1008-4636-a3e8-004f99c54c34\/thumbnail\/620x422\/4130bfe14ea08b8b2e1dbd1f3b56d39a\/ap25164115358441.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"Iran Nuclear Sites \" height=\"422\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/55f899da-1008-4636-a3e8-004f99c54c34\/thumbnail\/620x422\/4130bfe14ea08b8b2e1dbd1f3b56d39a\/ap25164115358441.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/55f899da-1008-4636-a3e8-004f99c54c34\/thumbnail\/1240x844\/45cb21593d4c941019562e6efe6bedf3\/ap25164115358441.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran on Jan. 24, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maxar Technologies via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Part of the facility on Iran&#8217;s Central Plateau is underground to defend against potential airstrikes. It operates multiple cascades, or groups of centrifuges working together to more quickly enrich uranium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-natanz-uranium-enrichment-underground-project-04dae673fc937af04e62b65dd78db2e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran also is burrowing into the K\u016bh-e Kolang Gaz L\u0101<\/a>, or Pickax Mountain, which is just beyond Natanz&#8217;s southern fencing. Natanz has been targeted by the Stuxnet computer virus, believed to be an Israeli and American creation, which destroyed Iranian centrifuges. Two separate sabotage attacks, attributed to Israel, also have struck the facility.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/statements\/director-general-grossis-statement-to-unsc-on-situation-in-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">testimony Friday before the U.N.<\/a>\u00a0about Israel&#8217;s strikes, IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Iran confirmed that its Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant had been attacked. He said the above-ground portion of the plant where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% had &#8220;been destroyed&#8221; and centrifuges may have been damaged. He said Iranian authorities also reported attacks on the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and Esfahan site.<\/p>\n<h2>Fordo enrichment facility<\/h2>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s nuclear facility at Fordo is located some 60 miles southwest of Tehran. It also hosts centrifuge cascades, but isn&#8217;t as big a facility as Natanz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/e5c47fd8-2087-45ad-b532-b58801d6133a\/thumbnail\/620x392\/e54b619e3716725c2df1ebbd2bc87ae8\/ap25164115267455.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"Iran Nuclear Sites \" height=\"392\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/e5c47fd8-2087-45ad-b532-b58801d6133a\/thumbnail\/620x392\/e54b619e3716725c2df1ebbd2bc87ae8\/ap25164115267455.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/e5c47fd8-2087-45ad-b532-b58801d6133a\/thumbnail\/1240x784\/556e027438f00f591a7411c99f892181\/ap25164115267455.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran on Jan. 24, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maxar Technologies via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buried under a mountain and protected by anti-aircraft batteries,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8758704e349e4a899554d732799c1b31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fordo appears designed to withstand airstrikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its construction began at least in 2007, according to the IAEA, although Iran only informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog about the facility in 2009 after the U.S. and allied Western intelligence agencies became aware of its existence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/1ab52ef8-1e81-465f-b53e-b90c4cf29d0b\/thumbnail\/620x413\/317758d96b2db53f08834db1a5635ca1\/ap25163619699486.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"Iran Nuclear \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/1ab52ef8-1e81-465f-b53e-b90c4cf29d0b\/thumbnail\/620x413\/317758d96b2db53f08834db1a5635ca1\/ap25163619699486.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/1ab52ef8-1e81-465f-b53e-b90c4cf29d0b\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/4295637a44b419c41f99b76e4d776a3d\/ap25163619699486.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran on April 1, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Planet Labs PBC \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Bushehr nuclear power plant<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-bc0bbdeb85e34b3f92ba57b0f99f0516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran&#8217;s only commercial nuclear power plant is in Bushehr<\/a>\u00a0on the Persian Gulf, some 465 miles south of Tehran. Construction on the plant began under Iran&#8217;s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the mid-1970s. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the plant was repeatedly targeted in the Iran-Iraq war. Russia later completed construction of the facility.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/24e0b1b1-91bb-4139-b2ef-c4de02934a5e\/thumbnail\/620x376\/d69c1ac1628adcb384150d312f56cb0d\/08-bushehr-reactors-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"08-bushehr-reactors-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg \" height=\"376\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/24e0b1b1-91bb-4139-b2ef-c4de02934a5e\/thumbnail\/620x376\/d69c1ac1628adcb384150d312f56cb0d\/08-bushehr-reactors-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/24e0b1b1-91bb-4139-b2ef-c4de02934a5e\/thumbnail\/1240x752\/58ff089562a45bba557357b76299ce15\/08-bushehr-reactors-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Bushehr reactors are seen in this Maxar Technologies satellite image from January 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite image \u00a9 2025 Maxar Technologies<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iran is building two other reactors like it at the site. Bushehr is fueled by uranium produced in Russia, not Iran, and is monitored by the IAEA.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/67c7eed1-24cc-42f4-bcac-6b2c8df63cae\/thumbnail\/620x435\/3a30be55c6396712cdff8f03ea89f16d\/09-busher-new-reactors-under-construction-bushehr-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"09-busher-new-reactors-under-construction-bushehr-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg \" height=\"435\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/67c7eed1-24cc-42f4-bcac-6b2c8df63cae\/thumbnail\/620x435\/3a30be55c6396712cdff8f03ea89f16d\/09-busher-new-reactors-under-construction-bushehr-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/67c7eed1-24cc-42f4-bcac-6b2c8df63cae\/thumbnail\/1240x870\/8bb18fcb2400423b6aa2335e419be20d\/09-busher-new-reactors-under-construction-bushehr-iran-01jan2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">New reactors under construction at the Bushehr site are seen in this Maxar Technologies satellite image from January 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite image \u00a9 2025 Maxar Technologies<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Arak heavy water reactor<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-cd3c4d88f769ab8afe7421d6d9e512d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Arak heavy water reactor<\/a>\u00a0is 155 miles southwest of Tehran. Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon. Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility to relieve proliferation concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-withdraws-from-iran-deal-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">withdrew<\/a><\/span> from the international nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in 2018, and Iran partially withdrew in 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/af488f41-c1a0-4a61-bda2-0ff1583a0188\/thumbnail\/620x365\/f209ea54281168c763cedb34882b357e\/14-closer-view-of-arak-facility-15feb2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"14-closer-view-of-arak-facility-15feb2025-wv3.jpg \" height=\"365\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/af488f41-c1a0-4a61-bda2-0ff1583a0188\/thumbnail\/620x365\/f209ea54281168c763cedb34882b357e\/14-closer-view-of-arak-facility-15feb2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/af488f41-c1a0-4a61-bda2-0ff1583a0188\/thumbnail\/1240x730\/609bce4dabba42bd4839d663a8e92438\/14-closer-view-of-arak-facility-15feb2025-wv3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Arak facility is seen in this Maxar Technologies satellite image from February 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite image \u00a9 2025 Maxar Technologies<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center<\/h2>\n<p>The facility in Isfahan, some 215 miles southeast of Tehran, employs thousands of nuclear scientists. It also is home to three Chinese research reactors and laboratories associated with the country&#8217;s atomic program.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/27438aca-d16b-4a5c-b98f-caa8e7f635d7\/thumbnail\/620x415\/01902fa42f9905474a2a5e3f4c167f36\/16-isfahan-enrichment-plant-29mar2025-wv02.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"16-isfahan-enrichment-plant-29mar2025-wv02.jpg \" height=\"415\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/27438aca-d16b-4a5c-b98f-caa8e7f635d7\/thumbnail\/620x415\/01902fa42f9905474a2a5e3f4c167f36\/16-isfahan-enrichment-plant-29mar2025-wv02.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/27438aca-d16b-4a5c-b98f-caa8e7f635d7\/thumbnail\/1240x830\/50e7828c06bf53c27448759f6d23add3\/16-isfahan-enrichment-plant-29mar2025-wv02.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Isfahan facility is seen in this Maxar Technologies satellite image from March 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite image \u00a9 2025 Maxar Technologies<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Tehran Research Reactor<\/h2>\n<p>The Tehran Research Reactor is at the headquarters of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the civilian body overseeing the country&#8217;s atomic program. The U.S. actually provided Iran the reactor in 1967 as part of America&#8217;s &#8220;Atoms for Peace&#8221; program during the Cold War. 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