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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

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A handout picture released by the official website of then Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him (R), the Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (2R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (2L) as they celebrate nuclear achievements during a ceremony marking the National day of Nuclear Technology in Tehran on April 9, 2017. (HO/IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/AFP)
January 15, 2025, 4:22 am
Senior Iranian official accuses Israel of placing explosives in centrifuge equipment
Zarif claims Tehran ‘managed to detect’ bombs, doesn’t specify when incident occurred or mention Natanz; Blinken hints at opposition to Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
This photo released November 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
June 14, 2024, 7:23 pm
UN watchdog says Iran has activated new advanced centrifuges, plans to install more
US slams Tehran for ‘expanding nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose,’ threatens to respond ‘accordingly’; Khamenei adviser: Iran ‘won’t bow to pressure’
By Agencies
Illustrative: Explosions seen in the Iranian city of Karaj on February 24, 2023. (Screencapture/Twitter: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 24, 2023, 8:00 am
Blasts, anti-air fire in Iran city with centrifuge factory said hit by Israel in 2021
State media claims incident part of drill at Revolutionary Guards base in Karaj, which hosts nuclear centrifuge assembly facility previously targeted in drone strike
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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)
February 19, 2023, 10:44 pm
Iran said on cusp of ability to make nukes, having enriched uranium to 84% purity
Report says inspectors from UN atomic agency made discovery last week, are probing if move was intentional; Tehran previously known to have enriched to 60%
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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)
February 2, 2023, 1:25 am
Nuclear monitor says Iran made furtive changes to Fordo centrifuges
IAEA flags ‘substantial’ revision to links between IR-6 cascades enriching uranium to 60%; Tehran claims report based on flubbed data from inspectors that was since corrected
By AFP
Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in an image released on November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
June 9, 2022, 9:56 am
In new escalation, Iran tells IAEA it plans to further ramp up uranium enrichment
Iranians inform UN watchdog they will install two new cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges at underground Natanz nuclear facility; move comes as agency votes to censure Tehran
By Jon Gambrell
In this image made from April 17, 2021, video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. (IRIB via AP)
April 29, 2022, 1:30 am
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has moved centrifuge workshop to underground facility
International Atomic Energy Agency confirms machines moved to Natanz for better protection, after sabotage blamed on Israel at several plants
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this image made from April 17, 2021, video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. (IRIB via AP)
April 17, 2022, 11:26 am
Iran confirms moving centrifuge facility allegedly hit by Israel to underground site
Iranian atomic energy organization says Tehran ‘obliged to intensify security measures’ by shifting some machinery to Natanz, which was also a target of reported Israeli attacks
By 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)
April 7, 2022, 9:42 am
Iran has moved centrifuge work from site allegedly hit by Israel to Natanz — IAEA
Move comes just weeks after Tehran said it set up another site for producing centrifuges in Isfahan, where UN watchdog doesn’t have access to data collected by its cameras
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The alleged Karaj centrifuge parts plant near Karaj, Iran, seen in a photo posted online by Google user Edward Majnoonian, in May 2019. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
February 1, 2022, 12:26 am
Iran shifts centrifuge work away from site allegedly struck by Israel — UN watchdog
European diplomat says centrifuge plant at Karaj has been moved to ‘better protected’ facility in Isfahan; IAEA says cameras installed at new site
By AFP
The Iranian town of Karaj (Mojtaba Momeni/Wikimedia Commons)
July 4, 2021, 3:02 am
Satellite photos said to show damage from attack on Iran centrifuge site
Tehran has denied the Karaj facility was hit in June drone strike
By 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
A truck containing cylinder of uranium hexafluoride gas leaves Ahmadi Roshan uranium enrichment facility in Natanz to Fordo nuclear facility for the purpose of injecting the gas into Fordo centrifuges, November 6, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
April 20, 2021, 5:16 pm
Post-blast security measures at Natanz slowing down enrichment — report
‘Rattled’ Iran said to be scanning facility for surveillance equipment and checking workers’ backgrounds to root out potential spies
By ToI Staff
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