Israeli strikes hit two Iranian centrifuge production sites, IAEA says
Israeli military strikes have hit two facilities in Iran that made parts for centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, identifying them as the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Research Center.
'At the Tehran site, one building was hit where advanced centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested. At Karaj, two buildings were destroyed where different centrifuge components were manufactured,' the International Atomic Energy Agency said on X.
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