War Israel-Iran: The focus of Israel and the US

Since the beginning of the war, Israel has attacked several important institutions of the Iranian nuclear program. Now the United States has also switched on and attacked three systems on Sunday night – including the underground uranium enrichment system in Fordo. In addition, the locations of Natan and Isfahan were also attacked. An overview of the Iranian facilities:

According to Israeli information, the well -protected facility near the city of Ghom is the central goal when it comes to preventing the country from developing nuclear weapons. “Fordo must be eliminated at the end of this entire operation,” said Israel’s ambassador in Washington, Yechiel Head, the broadcaster Fox News.

According to the international atomic energy authority, Hundreds are located in Fordo, which produces almost consolidated uranium with a purity degree of up to 60 percent. The political leadership in Tehran emphasizes not to strive for weapons, and refers to a religious ban on weapons of mass destruction. However, Iran is the only country without nuclear weapons that produces such material. According to the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA), Iran recently had around 409 kilograms of it.

The enrichment system is deep inside a mountain and, according to experts, can only be destroyed with the largest so-called bunker breakers bombs. Such a weapon has only the USA among the western states: the GBU-57. The 13.6 ton bomb makes its way alone with the force of its weight and was specifically developed for deeply underground, rock or concrete. Israel therefore neither has these heavy bombs nor the large military aircraft necessary to drop.

According to US President Donald Trump, the United States now “very successfully” attacked the facility on Sunday night – Israel’s military had so far had no major attack on the facility.

Enrichment system Natan

According to the IAEA, Iran’s enrichment system in Natans has already been largely destroyed. Up to 60 percent uranium was also made there. The international authority initially reported that the above -ground part of the location of Israel’s military was hit. In the meantime, satellite images provide evidence that the underground area from Natan also got a hit, as the IAEA announced on X.

On Friday, the IAEA reported acute danger of radiation and chemical substances in the system. The radiation outdoors of the building complex is in the normal range, said IAEA boss Rafael Grossi before the UN Security Council in New York. “However, within the Natan facility, it leads to both radiological and chemical contamination.”

Isfahan: Center of the nuclear industry and cultural metropolis

Israel has already attacked several institutions of the nuclear industry in the city of Isfahan, including a chemical laboratory, an uranium ore preparation system and a factory for the production of reactor fuel. A system under construction for the production of uranium metal was also hit. Uran metal not only serves as a fuel in certain types of reactor, but can also be used in nuclear weapons. On Saturday, Israel also bombed a factory for the production of uranium centrifuges.

With its historical architecture, Isfahan is considered an important symbol of Persian-Islamic history. Merry mosques as well as historical bridges and palaces belong to the cityscape of the desert metropolis. However, Isfahan is also considered the center of the Iranian nuclear and armaments industry, with thousands of employees in the sector.

On Thursday, the Israeli Air Force attacked the heavy water reactor near the Westiranian city of Arak. In the 2015 Vienna Nuclear Agreement, Iran committed itself not to put the system into operation as originally planned. The reactor core was made unusable by fulfilling concrete. After the attack, the IAEA confirmed that the system was inactive and did not contain a fitting material. In addition, according to IAEA, no radioactive material was released; There is no risk of radiation.

Iran’s only nuclear power plant in the port city of Buschehr has not yet been attacked. However, there were reports of an attack on an air force base in the big city.

Nuclear research scientists

Since the beginning of the war, Israel has killed more than a dozen leading professors and scientists from nuclear research. They died in attacks on their apartments in densely populated districts of the cities. Humanitarian international law, in particular the Geneva conventions and their additional protocols, expressly protects civilians. Scientists are generally considered civilians. Your killing can be a war crime.