
Israeli jets have bombed an atomic reactor under construction in Central Iran during a wave of air strikes on the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries.
The Israeli army stated that it targeted the core seal of Ark Water Reactor to prevent it being used for “nuclear weapons development”.
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that the reactor had become a hit and had no nuclear material.
The fuel spent from heavy water reactors contains a suitable plutonium for atomic bombs.
Iran – which states that its atomic program is completely peaceful – agreed with the world powers under an agreement in 2015 and rebuilt Arak so that it could not produce a weapon -grade plutonium.
The following year, IAEA stated that Iran had removed the calendar of Arak, or the reactor core, and provided it “passive”.
The latest quarterly report from the end of May by the Global Atomic Watchdog stated that a minor civilian construction work was going on in the reactor, and Iran hoped that this year it would be commissioned and started operations in 2026.
The Israeli Army said that the Iran government had intentionally ordered [workers] Not to complete the conversion … to put pressure on the West “.
“The strike targeted the component the intended component for plutonium production to prevent the reactor from restoring and using for nuclear weapons.”
The black and white air footage of the army attack showed a bomb, hitting several major explosions from the domed roof and arc of the reactor building, which is about 250 km (155 mi) in the south-west of Tehran and is also known as Khondab.
Day video broadcast by Irani State TV showed two big plums of white smoke, growing from convenience. It also quoted the Iranian officials, saying that the site was “secured in advance” and that “there was no contamination as a result of the attack”.
Satellite imagery showed A large hole in the roof of the reactor building,
It was also visible that analysts were identified as destroyed distillation towers belonging to the adjacent heavy water production plant. IAEA said he had no information that a heavy water plant was killed.

The Israeli army also announced on Thursday that its fighter jets had killed the “nuclear weapon development site” in Natanz.
It is the location of the main plant in Iran that produces rich uranium, which is used to make reactor fuel for power stations, but if further enriched, can be used in atomic weapons.
Last Friday, the first wave of the Israeli strike destroyed the land-landed part of the Natanj’s pilot fuel enrichment plant (PFEP), where the cascade uranium of the centrifug was enriched, as well as enriching the power infrastructure on the site.
IAEA Director General Rafael Gosi told the BBC on Monday that there was no sign of a physical attack on the underground Centrifuse Hall in Natanz, there was a possibility of severely damaged in the sudden loss of power, if not destroyed, Sentrifuge working there.
Four buildings were destroyed in a separate attack on Friday at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center. But very rare, if any, the damage was seen in Iran’s underground promotion plant in Fordo, he said.
President Donald Trump is asked to weigh whether the US should participate in the strike on Fordo as it is the only country that has a traditional bomb to destroy it. Sources told BBC American partner CBS News that their mentality was that it was necessary to disable the convenience.
In 2018, Trump abandoned the nuclear deal with Iran, stating that it was very low to stop its route for a bomb, and restored the US sanctions crippled to the Iranian economy.
Iran retaliated by rapid dissolving restrictions – especially related to the production of rich uranium.
In its quarterly report, IAEA expressed concern that Iran had enough uranium enriched up to 60% purity – a small, technical step or 90% from the weapon grade – potentially to make nine atomic bombs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he was targeting the Iranian nuclear program because “if not stopped, Iran could produce nuclear weapons in a very short time”. He did not give any evidence.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on Sunday that Israel attacked nuclear sites and “crossed a new red line in international law”. He also stressed that Iran’s principle “was inherent in our faith in the prohibition and illegality of nuclear weapons”.
Israel is widely considered a nuclear weapon, although it neither confirms nor denies it.
Israeli aerial attacks have also destroyed Iranian military facilities and weapons, and have killed senior military commanders and nuclear scientists.
Iran’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 224 people were killed, but a human rights group on Thursday put an informal death toll at 639.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Iran has launched hundreds of ballistic missiles in Israel in response to a air strikes killing at least 24 people.