‘Explosions, smoke plumes’ in Tehran
I have heard sounds of explosions across the capital here. From time to time, we see the air defence system activated in the capital. We also see smoke rising in different parts of the city periodically, showing that attacks continue.
Targets are not limited to military or nuclear facilities. There have been reports of civilian places being hit by Israeli strikes. There have been so many civilian casualties.
Why Israel wants US bunker busters to hit Iran’s Fordow nuclear site
US President Donald Trump says he is still weighing his options regarding United States military intervention amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran.
Standing on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday, Trump said, “The next week is going to be big,” adding that Iranian officials are eager to negotiate. However, he warned them that “it’s very late to be talking” after they reached out to him.
Officials and experts have suggested that the US’s 30,000-pound (13,000kg) bunker buster bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, a facility believed to be central to Tehran’s nuclear programme and carved deep into a mountain.
The United States is the only country to possess these bombs, which it delivers using B-2 bombers. If deployed against Iran, it would represent a major shift from primarily intercepting missiles on Israel’s behalf to conducting active offensive strikes against Iran.
IAEA says ‘no radiological effects’ after Arak reactor hit
In a post on X, the nuclear watchdog says it has information that Iran’s Khondab heavy water reactor – also known as the Arak reactor – “was hit”. However, because the site was “not operational and contained no nuclear material”, there are “no radiological effects”, the IAEA said.
The agency added that it has no information indicating the facility’s heavy water plant was struck.
It wasn't even in use...
The aftermath of the Israeli strike on Iranian state television building
The damaged headquarters of Iranian state television in Tehran
