In late October, Israel attacked the secret Parchin nuclear research facility, causing significant damage to Iran’s nuclear program. This was reported by the Axios portal in reference to US and Israeli officials.
It should be noted that the target of the attack was the Taleghan-2 facility, which was previously considered suspended. Activity has been observed there since early this year; It is believed that research to create nuclear weapons was being conducted at the facility, supposedly under the guise of civilian needs.
“They were carrying out scientific activities that could lay the foundation for the production of nuclear weapons. It was something top secret. “A small part of the Iranian government knew it, but the majority of the Iranian government did not know it.” – said the American official.
According to him, in the months before the Israeli attack, “there was widespread concern” about Iranian activity at the Taleghan-2 facility.
As a result of the attack, the facility was reportedly destroyed.
“A former Israeli official briefed on the attack said that (the attack) EADaily) destroyed sophisticated equipment used to develop the plastic explosives that surround the uranium in a nuclear device and are necessary to detonate it,” the article says.
Former President of the United States joe biden called on Israel to avoid attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities to avoid war. However, the Taleghan-2 facility was not part of the Islamic Republic’s official program, so Tehran cannot acknowledge the importance of the attack without admitting that it violated the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
