{"id":127858,"date":"2024-11-20T02:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127858"},"modified":"2024-11-20T02:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:20:59","slug":"israel-hit-part-of-iran-nuclear-programme-netanyahu-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127858","title":{"rendered":"Israel hit part of Iran nuclear programme, Netanyahu says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel\u2019s prime minister says it hit part of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme last month, despite pleas from the US not to do so during the strikes it carried out in response to a missile attack.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a secret. It was published,\u201d Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament. \u201cThere is a specific component in their nuclear programme that was hit.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He gave no details, but last week Axios <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/15\/iran-israel-destroyed-active-nuclear-weapons-research-facility\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">reported that a \u201cnuclear weapons research facility\u201d making plastic explosives at the Parchin military complex was destroyed<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">There was no immediate comment from Iran, but it has previously said the Israeli strikes caused limited damage to radar systems and that its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Iran has also insisted that it does not seek nuclear weapons, although evidence collected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggests that until 2003 it conducted activities relevant to the development of a bomb. The agency says Iran has not yet answered outstanding questions related to its nuclear activity.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The IAEA also says Iran has produced enough highly enriched uranium to build several nuclear weapons since the US abandoned a nuclear deal and reinstated crippling sanctions six years ago with Netanyahu\u2019s support.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On 26 October, the Israeli military announced it had conducted \u201cprecise strikes on military targets in Iran\u201d in response to the 1 October attack that saw almost 200 ballistic missiles launched towards Israel.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The military said the targets included missile manufacturing facilities, as well as surface-to-air missile arrays and aerial capabilities intended to restrict Israel\u2019s freedom of operation inside Iran.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Iran\u2019s military said the attacks caused \u201climited and minor damage\u201d to several radar systems and that four Iranian military officers and one civilian were killed. Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the effect of the attacks should not be \u201cmagnified or downplayed\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy7dkgz71x6o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Satellite images analysed by the BBC showed damage to four structures at Parchin<!-- --><\/a>, about 30km (18.5 miles) east of Tehran.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Experts from the Institute for Science and International Security said three of the structures were related to missile production, and that <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGoodISIS\/status\/1851668946749133069\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">the fourth, known as Taleghan 2, was previously involved in high explosive testing related to the development of nuclear weapons<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Axios\u2019s report cited unnamed US and Israeli officials as saying that intelligence services had detected recent activity at the Taleghan 2 facility that was \u201cpart of an effort inside the Iranian government to conduct research that could be used for the development of nuclear weapons but could also be presented as research for civilian purposes\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">One former Israeli official said the strike destroyed \u201csophisticated equipment used to design the plastic explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device and are needed to detonate it\u201d, according to the report.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel\u2019s parliament that \u201ca nuclear Iran poses a massive threat to our existence, to the peace agreements we aim to achieve with more of our neighbours and to global peace\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWe will be tested on our ability to thwart their nuclear ambitions,\u201d he added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He then mentioned the attack on the \u201cspecific component\u201d of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme before warning that the \u201cprogramme itself, its capacity to act here, has not yet been thwarted\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Before the Israeli strikes took place, US President Joe Biden had said publicly that he did not support attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear or oil facilities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">President-elect Donald Trump, who is expected to take a harder line with Iran when he takes office in January, meanwhile said he had advised Netanyahu to \u201chit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last week, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian told the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, that Iran was committed to resolving \u201cdoubts and ambiguities\u201d surrounding its nuclear activities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Grossi visited Tehran ahead of a meeting of the IAEA\u2019s board of governors this week, at which the UK, France and Germany are expected to pass a resolution critical of Iran\u2019s co-operation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that Tehran would &#8220;take countermeasures and new actions in our nuclear programme&#8221; in response to any such resolution.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He also strongly denied media reports that Iran\u2019s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, had met Trump ally Elon Musk to defuse US-Iran tensions.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWe are still waiting for the new US administration to clarify its policies, and based on that, we will adjust our own policies. 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