Iran Heavy Water Plant Disabled Following Israeli Strike

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that satellite imagery shows severe damage at the Khondab heavy water production site.

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A general view of the water facility at Arak on January 15, 201. Iran’s atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told a group of foreign diplomat visiting the plant that Iran is pursuing its uranium enrichment work "very strongly."

A general view of the heavy water production facility at Arak on January 15, 2011.

HAMID FOROUTAN / ISNA / AFP

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that satellite imagery shows severe damage at the Khondab heavy water production site.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated on Sunday, March 30th, that Iran’s heavy water production plant in Khondab is no longer operational following an Israeli military strike.

The Israeli military said on Friday, March 27th, that it had carried out a strike against the plant in Arak, central Iran, describing the facility as a “key plutonium production site for nuclear weapons.”

On Sunday, the IAEA said that 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 damage and is no longer operational.”

The agency added the “installation contains no declared nuclear material.”

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