Israel destroyed an active secret nuclear weapons site during its October strikes in Iran, Axios reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The IDF struck the Taleghan 2 facility in the Parchin military complex outside of Tehran, about 20 miles southeast of Tehran, Axios said, citing three unnamed US officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official.
A former Israeli official told the outlet that the strike destroyed “sophisticated equipment” used to make explosives for the detonation of nuclear devices.
The Islamic Republic halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 but continued related research and expertise, according to past US intelligence assessments. US President-elected Donald Trump tore up the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement during his first term in office. Tehran responded by rolling back its own participation in the accord and ramping up the enrichment of uranium.
