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Continue from above....Iran would need to “replace the equipment that was destroyed” if it wants to produce nuclear weapons, the report cited the Israeli officials saying, “and if Iran tries to procure it, they believe they will be able to track it” the “Taleghan 2” complex was already known to have been targeted in the strikes — as testified by satellite imagery — and was already recognized as having been a site of Iran’s earlier nuclear program which officially shut down in 2003.

US & Israeli intelligence reportedly began to detect new activity at the site earlier this year, including computer modeling, metallurgy and research on explosives, would be relevant to creating a nuclear device. “They conducted scientific activity could lay ground for production of a weapon. It was a top-secret thing. A small part of the Iranian government knew about this, but most of the Iranian govt didn’t,” a US official told Axios.

Knowledge of research at Taleghan 2 reportedly prompted the US Director of National Intelligence to change its official assessment of Iran’s nuclear program in August, which had previously noted Iran was “not currently undertaking” the activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device.
Israel is not known to have hit other nuclear sites in the October 26 airstrikes, when dozens of Israeli aircraft took out air drone and ballistic missile manufacturing and launch sites, as well as air defense batteries. US urged Israel to refrain from hitting nuclear sites in the attack, to avoid triggering a major escalation with Iran, though it endorsed Israel’s move in responding to Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel, when the Islamic Republic shot 181 ballistic missiles at Israel, its second such direct attack since April.

To Israel, they made an exception for Taleghan 2, be'cos site was not part of Iran’s declared nuclear program, the Islamic Republic denies has a military component, but acknowledges as supposedly civilian enterprise. Had Iran acknowledged significance of attack, it would have in the process admitted its own violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
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The Israel strike was a not-so-subtle message that Israelis have significant insight into Iranian system even when it comes to things that were kept top secret & known to a very small group of people in the Iranian govt,” a US official told Axios.

News also quoted Israeli officials who said strike would make it much harder for Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon if it chooses to do so. “Equipment is bottleneck. Without it, Iranians are stuck, senior Israeli official said. “Equipment Iranians need in future if they want to make progress towards a nuclear bomb. Now they don’t have it anymore & it is not trivial, need to find another solution & we will see it,” official added.
Nuclear inspections
Report came same day, head of UN nuclear watchdog visited 2-Iranian nuclear sites as part of a visit to Iran. During visit, Iran’s foreign minister told Int'l Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi Tehran is willing to resolve outstanding disputes on nuclear program but won’t succumb to pressure.
Grossi visited Natanz nuclear plant & the Fordow enrichment site, which is dug into a mountain around 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital Tehran, state media reported, without giving details.
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