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Israel escalated strikes against Iran on March 27, hitting a heavy water reactor, a yellowcake plant, and steel factories, with the Islamic Republic vowing to retaliate in kind.
The strike on the Arak heavy water reactor, located in western Iran, was officially announced by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which said it hit a “key infrastructure for producing plutonium for nuclear weapons” after Iran worked to restore the site.
Israeli strikes hit the partially built complex, officially known as the Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor, in central Iran during the June 2025 war.
Heavy water reactors can easily produce plutonium which, like enriched uranium, can be used to make nuclear weapons. However, following the 2015 nuclear deal, Arak was redesigned to reduce the nuclear weaponization risk, and its core was removed and filled with concrete.
The IDF claimed in a statement that even in its current state the heavy water “can also be used as a neutron source for nuclear weapons” and that “despite explicit international commitments, foremost among them the nuclear agreement, the Iranian terror regime has systematically avoided converting the reactor so that it would not enable the production of weapons-grade plutonium, and even deliberately ordered that the conversion not be completed.”
It added that the reactor was also a “significant economic asset for the terror regime and served as a source of income for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, generating tens of millions of dollars for the regime each year.”
The IDF issued a warning before launching the strikes against the heavy water reactor and urged residents in nearby areas to evacuate.
The Fars news agency reported that the strikes “did not result in any human casualties,” and said that “due to prior safety measures, there is no danger threatening the local people.”
Separately, the IDF announced it struck a yellowcake production plant near the central Iranian city of Yazd, claiming it came as part of the ongoing efforts against Iran’s nuclear program.
Yellowcake is a concentrated uranium powder produced during the milling of uranium ore. It serves as a critical intermediate raw material that is further processed and enriched to create fuel for nuclear reactors or material for nuclear weapons
“This facility is the only one of its kind in Iran, where raw materials mined from the ground undergo mechanical and chemical processing so that they can later be used as precursor materials for uranium enrichment,” the military said in a statement, adding that it is a “highly important process for the nuclear weapons program advanced by the regime.”
Citing a statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fars confirmed that the Ardakan yellowcake production plant in Yazd was hit by “an American-Zionist enemy attack.”
“Initial assessments indicate that this incident has not resulted in any release of radioactive materials outside the facility, and therefore, there is no concern for citizens or surrounding areas,” the statement reads.
In addition to these key facilities, the IDF bombed two of Iran’s largest steel factories. Fars reported that strikes hit Khuzestan Steel near the southwestern city of Ahvaz and Mobarakeh Steel in the central city of Isfahan. The factories are alleged to be linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz had ordered the strikes. Earlier, Katz said that Israel would intensify its strikes against Iran.
Commenting on the recent Israeli strike, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowed that the Islamic Republic will retaliate.
“Israel has hit 2 of Iran’s largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure. Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S.,” he wrote on X.
Araghchi noted that the strike contradicts President Donald Trump’s recent decision to extend the deadline for strikes on Iranian energy facilities until April 6 to give diplomacy a chance.
“Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes,” the minister vowed.
The Israeli strikes were clearly meant to damage annoying diplomatic efforts. Still, it is highly unlikely that the IDF carried out the strikes without the knowledge of the U.S.
In any case, the strikes show that the war on Iran, which began nearly a month ago, will not be ending any time soon. The war will likely drag on for several more weeks, if not months.
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all of that without emiting a single radiation…. jewish witchcraft….. i mean international atomic agency corruption. the same spoke of armaggedon when fukushima hhapenned
unbelievable rhetorical nazi propgandas from those who dont even know what a nazi is
3 nice amerricunt hillbillies and their jew boss retaliated on my anuz last night filling me me wonderful jizz
even when you point out multiple times the unnecessary vulgarity of their comments they just keep doing it. imo this is proof it’s done just to degrade the comments section and turn people away from sf.
hence just ignore them, and be aware of their strategy. and call them out each time to alert other readers. then question who might want to do this. expose them.
the moderator’s of the site do it .
no one’s being turned away from sf, judging from the regular number of genuine posters, that i can see.
you don’t have to be here if you’re put off or offended in any way.
smash dimona and turn the kikenreich into a fadioactive desert.
and so iran foolishly trusted khazarian russia…
where is eighteen fingered milekowski at?
i get the feeling uae desalination plans will be first ones in the gulf to go. it will teach the others a lesson and create an mass exodus of emiratis to their neighbors and beyond. and that could just be the beginning.
not likely.
they will have to go back to goat herding and selling dirty postcards.
iron dome is not afraid of irans missiles can’t wait for tomorrows news
the tin dome and david’s jockstrap are as much use as a chocolate teapot heheheh
israel is a satanic country, jewish satanism. the proof is there 100%. jews are unable to run any nation liken normal people. they do not deserve a country
what rubbish. you’ve never even read a bible obviously or you would know satan tempts jesus by offering him.all of the kingdoms and riches of the world if he will obey him .
obviously revealing that they’re satan’s to give.
i dont believe in jewish fairy tales christianity has long since been subverterd by the jews do fufill their end times prophecies.
the evangelical christ cuks in the united states are what enabled israel to install trump and start this war with iran. our world was much better when we had paganism and emperor hadrian who destroyed these jews when they were revolting again. we need such a leader today who puts an end to the zionist colonial project forever.
it’s actually insane. many ashkenazi jews are anti zionist. but they are a mionority! most jews are blood thirsty, psychotic fucks!
the british finally gave these people a country — after millennia of struggle and oppression and bloodshed — and being kicked out of a multitude of kingdoms and countries — and they still manage to fuck it all up.
about time to destroy dimona nuke factory
you know the funny thing is all this jewish kvetching will ultimately lead to iranian nuclear weapons
it will lead to iran become a monarchy under the shah again. and he will be an western ally just like the rest of the royal islamic kingdoms.
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always the sane tactics .satan always turns his enemies against each other .so republic ulraine against russian republic america against china etc .meanwhile the kingdoms unite .
soon the whole world will have had enough of the rat kikes and they will unite against them. they will get what they deserve for all the evil they have done history always repeats its self the jews never learn they have zero self awareness. they are psychopaths who are unable to see their own wrong doing. soon these unhinged psychopaths will get what they deserve for all the evil they have done to us.
there’s a rope and a lamp post waiting for that coc*sucker.
i hope they have nuclear weapons at this point its the only deterence against zionist agression. had they had the bomb had gadaffi had the bomb had assad had the bomb had saddam had the bomb all these countries would have been prosperious and strong. all these wars for israel would never have happend. everyone needs to work toghether against the zionists and put an end to them for good.
i hope iran flattens israel. turn telaviv into a parking lot. do to them what they have done to the palestinians.