Overview
- The IAEA, in a Sunday update, confirmed the Khondab heavy‑water plant near Arak suffered severe damage and is now non‑operational.
- The agency said the installation held no declared nuclear material and reported no radiation risk from the strike.
- The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out the March 27 strike as part of “Rising Lion” and also hit a uranium processing site in Yazd.
- The IAEA said it is tracking military activity near the Bushehr power reactor and urged maximum restraint as Iran reported the plant is running normally.
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Iran’s nuclear program has taken enormous damage yet key parts remain, a reminder that heavy‑water reactors can yield plutonium even when the moderator itself is not radioactive.