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IDF issues ‘urgent’ evacuation warning to central Iranian city, heavy water reactor
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The IDF issues an “urgent warning” to Iranians in the central city of Arak, ahead of planned airstrikes.
One of the sites marked on the map issued by the IDF is Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, which the Israeli Air Force bombed during the June 2025 war.
“Urgent warning to all individuals located in the northwest of the city of Arak and those located in the Kheirabad industrial area in the Arak region. In the coming hours, the IDF will operate in the area, as it has in recent days across Iran, to strike military infrastructure of the Iranian regime,” says the IDF’s Persian-language spokesman, Lt. Col. (res.) Kamal Penhasi in a statement.
“For your safety and well-being, we ask that you immediately leave the area indicated on the map,” he adds.
‼️هشدار فوری به کلیه افراد مستقر در شمال غرب شهر اراک و افراد مستقر در ناحیه صنعتی خیرآباد در منطقه اراک بر اساس ناحیه مشخص شده قرمز رنگ بر روی نقشه ضمیمه.
⭕️ارتش اسرائیل همچنان که در روزهای اخیر در سراسر ایران برای حمله به زیرساخت های نظامی رژیم ایران اقدام کرده است، طی ساعاتی… pic.twitter.com/eetW53MQmy
— ارتش دفاعی اسرائیل | IDF Farsi (@IDFFarsi) March 27, 2026
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