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The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, according to three U.S. officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official.

The strike — which targeted a site previously reported to be inactive — significantly damaged Iran's effort over the past year to resume nuclear weapons research, Israeli and U.S. officials said.

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[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh damn, so another Children’s Hospital?

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

You need to think long term, man. What if those children grow up to become nuclear scientists?

/s, because someone actually arguing this is just a matter of time.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Another Axios 'scoop' to make Israel look good. And would you look at that. It is written by Barak Ravid

One year after Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu is on a winning streak.” So reads the title of a recent Axios article describing the Israeli prime minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs.

These stunning military “successes,” its author Barak Ravid notes, include the bombing of Yemen, the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and the pager attack against Lebanon.

The same author recently went viral for an article that claimed that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah are “not intended to lead to war but are an attempt to reach ‘de-escalation through escalation.'” Users on social media mocked Ravid for this bizarre, Orwellian reasoning. But what almost everybody missed is that Barak Ravid is an Israeli spy – or at least he was until recently.

Ravid is a former analyst with Israeli spying agency Unit 8200, and as recently as last year, was still a reservist with the Israeli Defense Forces group.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

nerd that means he has good connections to Israeli intelligence agents so it just makes him more reliable

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

And Saddam had WMDs.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meanwhile the criminal zioinist regime threatens the entire planet with their nuclear stockpile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I'm going to guess the real facilities are about 500 ft under solid rock.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Has Iran been documented with a nuclear weapons program? I know for years the media was openly lying about them having one, but I understand why they'd want to start now.