The Israeli military said on the 12th (local time) that it recently struck a key nuclear facility where Iran has been bolstering its capability to develop nuclear weapons.
The Israeli military said the facility, named the "Talegan complex" near Tehran, was destroyed during a series of airstrikes carried out over the past few days.
The Israeli side claimed the facility is linked to Iran's secret nuclear weapons development plan, the "AMAD project." It said Iran has used the site in recent years to develop advanced explosives and conduct sensitive experiments.
Times of Israel reported that the "Talegan 2" facility inside the Parchin military complex, which was attacked this time, had already been struck once in Oct. 2024 during retaliatory airstrikes for Iran's missile attack on Israel.
The Israeli military authorities added that after those airstrikes, they recently detected moves by Iran to rebuild the facility.
The Israeli military said, "The Iranian regime has continued its attempts to strengthen and develop the capabilities needed to produce nuclear weapons," adding, "This airstrike is one of the operations aimed at inflicting additional blows to the nuclear ambitions of the Iranian terror regime."
Satellite photos dated the 11th of this month, released the same day by the Israeli military, showed three massive craters from airstrikes at the Talegan 2 facility inside a military complex about 30 km southeast of Tehran.