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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
IAEA confirms Israel hit two centrifuge production sites in Iran overnight
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israel hit two centrifuge production sites in Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms.
The IAEA identifies the facilities as the TESA complex in Karaj and the Tehran Research Center.
“At the Tehran site, one building was hit where advanced centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested,” says the IAEA on X. “At Karaj, two buildings were destroyed where different centrifuge components were manufactured.”
Both sites had been under IAEA monitoring as part of the 2015 JCPOA agreement.
The TESA complex, near the capital Tehran, hosted a workshop to build components for centrifuges, the machines used to enrich uranium. In 2021, Iran said cameras at the site were damaged during what it called an Israeli “sabotage” operation.
The Times of Israel Community.