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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Bushehr

Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 3, 2024, 9:21 am
Iran’s nuclear facilities: Potential targets long in Israel’s sights
The Jewish state is mulling retaliation for the latest missile barrage by the Islamic Republic, with some speculation it could go after nuclear operations
By Reuters
A 2010 file photo of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
January 21, 2022, 7:28 pm
Iran holding talks with Russia to expand its sole nuclear power plant
Building second, third units at Bushehr would be in accordance with Islamic Republic’s plans to produce at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity using nuclear energy, Tehran says
By AFP
This October 26, 2010 photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)
December 20, 2021, 9:38 am
Blasts heard near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site; officials cite air defense test
Anti-aircraft fire heard near plant; official say exercise carried out ‘with full preparation and coordination with the armed forces’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The Bushehr nuclear power plant outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
July 5, 2021, 11:47 am
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant back online after sudden closure
Manager of Bushehr site says 1,000-megawatt reactor ‘fixed,’ enabling it to be reconnected to grid following two-week hiatus
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This October 26, 2010 photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)
July 3, 2021, 1:20 pm
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant up and running after closure
Energy ministry says Bushehr once again producing energy after broken generator repaired
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a graduation ceremony for new Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim airbase in southern Israel, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 24, 2021, 8:35 pm
Bennett appears to hint at Israeli involvement in attack on Iran nuclear site
In one of his first speeches as PM, leader says that while Israel will defend itself, it will also work with allies to block an Iranian bomb, breaking from Netanyahu’s policy
By Judah Ari Gross
In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. (IRIB via AP, File)
June 24, 2021, 9:33 am
Iran nuclear site hit Wednesday was on list of targets Israel gave US – report
NY Times says facility manufactured centrifuges to replace those destroyed in April attack on Natanz; strike was carried out by drone launched from within Islamic Republic
By ToI Staff and AP
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
June 23, 2021, 11:02 pm
Attack on Iranian nuclear site damaged centrifuge production facility – reports
Despite Tehran’s claims to the contrary, opposition sources say attempted sabotage reported earlier in the day was successful, hitting complex previous sanctioned by the US, UN
By Judah Ari Gross and AP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran's new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
June 23, 2021, 1:00 pm
Iran says it foiled sabotage attempt at a nuclear facility
Local news reports unspecified threat was ‘neutralized’ before it damaged building of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization
By ToI Staff and AP
In this August 20, 2010, photo, an Iranian security guard walks past a gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant as its reactor building is seen in background, just outside the city of Bushehr 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 21, 2021, 9:26 am
Iran says nuclear power plant shutdown was due to ‘technical fault’
Bushehr facility taken off power grid for a number of days; national electricity company calls on Iranians to minimize consumption during peak hours
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Bushehr nuclear power plant outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
June 20, 2021, 10:26 pm
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes unexplained emergency shutdown
State electric energy company says Bushehr site switched off for ‘three to four days,’ starting Saturday, possibly causing power outages, but does not elaborate
By AP and ToI Staff
The aftermath of an explosion at a petrochemical facility in the city of Asaluyehin in the Bushehr province in southern Iran, May 26, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
May 26, 2021, 3:08 pm
Blast at Iran petrochemical complex kills a worker and injures 2
Authorities in southern city of Asaluyehin say oxygen pipeline exploded; no immediate word on cause
By ToI Staff
The Bushehr nuclear power plant outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
April 18, 2021, 11:01 am
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes southwestern Iran in area of nuclear site
Temblor centered at port city of Bandar Genaveh, some 100 kilometers from Bushehr nuclear plant; 5 people said injured, as footage emerges of damaged houses
By AP
A screenshot from video of a fire on a ship at the Bushehr port in southern Iran, July 15, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 15, 2020, 4:35 pm
7 wooden boats catch fire in shipyard at Iran port
No signs of sabotage as authorities probe the cause of the blaze in Bushehr, the province housing the Islamic Republic’s only nuclear plant
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
January 8, 2020, 3:46 pm
Earthquake hits near Iran nuclear plant, injuring 7
No reports of damage to Bushehr facility following 4.5 magnitude quake in area, the second temblor in 2 weeks
By AFP
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