A gamma sterilisation irradiation facility in Iran has been targeted by a joint US-Israeli missile strike, according to local reports. The facility in Isfahan province reportedly sustained severe damage on Saturday, though no radiation contamination has been reported in the surrounding environment so far.
This comes after theIsraeli Air Force announced a wave of strikestargeting infrastructure in Tehran and Isfahan, Iran. TheIsraelDefence Forces (IDF) confirmed it attacked a storage area housing Iranian F-14 fighter aircraft in Isfahan on March 7. An explosion was reported at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command post in Pakdasht, Tehran province, with heavy damage to a nearby residential complex.
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Several missiles reportedly hit the Imam Ali Officers University.
An explosion also occurred at an IRGC Air Force base in Mardavij, Isfahan, with additional explosions reported at IRGC facilities in Vila Shahr, Najafabad, and Qarchak.
According to an Isfahan Governorate official, 11 people were killed, multiple were injured, and several manufacturing plants were hit in the overnight airstrikes.
Earlier this week, the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), issued an update following a strike part of Operation Epic Fury launched onIran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant.
The plant, also in the Isfahan province of Iran, took damage to its entrance buildings. Despite this, the IAEA confirmed nowhere else sustained damage, and there are "no radiological consequences" expected.
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