UN nuclear watchdog says Iran heavy water plant ‘damaged’ after Israeli strike

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran heavy water plant ‘damaged’ after Israeli strike

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said satellite imagery showed the Khondab heavy water plant was severely damaged and no longer operational after the 27 March Israeli strike.

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IAEA says the installation contains no declared nuclear material.  (EPA Images pic)
VIENA:
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”.

It added the “installation contains no declared nuclear material”.

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