The Israel Defense Forces said the Arak plant in central Iran was struck.
The Israeli military on Friday said it struck an Iranian nuclear facility, coming after Iranian state media reported an attack on its facilities earlier in the day, as warnings of future attacks were issued by Iranian authorities.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in a post on X, said the Arak plant in central Iran was struck and described the facility as a “key plutonium production site” involved in the alleged production of nuclear weapons.
The IDF added that it “will not allow the Iranian regime to continue advancing its nuclear weapons program, which poses an existential threat to Israel and the entire world.”
The Fars news agency, an Iranian state-run media outlet, reported that an official confirmed the attacks on the facility, which is officially known as the Khondab Heavy Water Complex. The facility “was targeted in two stages” by attacks, said Fars, citing Deputy of Political and Security Affairs of Markazi Province Hassan Qamari.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that Israel allegedly struck two of his country’s largest steel factories, a power plant, nuclear sites, and other infrastructure that were hit earlier in the day.
“Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S. Attack contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy. Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes,” he wrote on X, referring to President Donald Trump’s statements this week that Washington and Tehran are engaged in talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
On Friday, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said its forces would attack U.S. and Israeli interests in the region and also warned employees of U.S. and Israeli industrial companies to evacuate, according to Fars.
The war has spread across the Middle East and has caused significant disruptions to energy supplies, hitting the global economy amid soaring oil, gas, and fertilizer prices, as the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed down since the start of the conflict on Feb. 28.
