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TEHRAN, June 19 (AP): Israel\u2019s military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak facility and its reactor core seal to halt it from being used to produce plutonium.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,\u201d the military said. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n
Iranian state TV said there was \u201cno radiation danger whatsoever\u201d from the attack on the Arak site. An Iranian state television reporter, speaking live in the nearby town of Khondab, said the facility had been evacuated and there was no damage to civilian areas around the reactor.<\/p>\n
Israel had warned earlier Thursday morning it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area.<\/p>\n
Iran has long maintained its program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich at that level.<\/p>\n
Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East but does not acknowledge having such weapons.<\/p>\n
The strikes came a day after Iran\u2019s supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause \u201cirreparable damage to them.\u201d Israel had lifted some restrictions on daily life Wednesday, suggesting the missile threat from Iran on its territory was easing.<\/p>\n
Already, Israel\u2019s campaign has targeted Iran\u2019s enrichment site at Natanz, centrifuge workshops around Tehran and a nuclear site in Isfahan. Its strikes have also killed top generals and nuclear scientists.<\/p>\n
A Washington-based Iranian human rights group said at least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 1,300 wounded. In retaliation, Iran has fired some 400 missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.<\/p>\n
Arak had been redesigned to address nuclear concerns<\/p>\n
The Arak heavy water reactor is 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Tehran.<\/p>\n
Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon.<\/p>\n
Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility to relieve proliferation concerns.<\/p>\n
The reactor became a point of contention after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, a high-ranking nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought extra parts to replace a portion of the reactor that it had poured concrete into to render it unusable under the deal.<\/p>\n
Israel, in conducting its strike, signaled it remained concerned the facility could be used to produce plutonium again one day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,\u201d the Israeli military said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog, has been urging Israel not to strike Iranian nuclear sites. IAEA inspectors reportedly last visited Arak on May 14.<\/p>\n
Due to restrictions Iran imposed on inspectors, the IAEA has said it lost \u201ccontinuity of knowledge\u201d about Iran\u2019s heavy water production — meaning it could not absolutely verify Tehran\u2019s production and stockpile.<\/p>\n
As part of negotiations around the 2015 deal, Iran agreed to sell off its heavy water to the West to remain in compliance with the accord\u2019s terms. Even the U.S. purchased some 32 tons of heavy water for over $8 million in one deal. That was one issue that drew criticism from opponents to the deal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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