‘Mistake’ to say that Israel struck Bushehr nuclear site, says IDF official

By Reuters and ToI Staff 19 June 2025, 4:28 pm Edit

A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Oct. 26, 2010. (Majid Asgaripour/Mehr News Agency via AP)

An Israeli military official says “it was a mistake” for IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin to have said today that Israel had struck the Bushehr nuclear site in Iran.

Defrin said in response to a question at a press conference, “The Air Force continues to strike and intensify its attacks on all components, as defined in our war objectives. We have struck nuclear sites in Bushehr, Isfahan and Natanz, and we will continue to target additional facilities.”

The official would only confirm that Israel had hit the Natanz, Isfahan and Arak nuclear sites in Iran.

Pressed further on Bushehr, the official said he could neither confirm nor deny that Israel had struck the location, where Iran has a reactor.