The Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) itself is now claiming that the US military struck the Darkhovin nuclear power plant, under construction in Khuzestan province, overnight. The claim, not yet verified by independent sources, was previously reported via Israeli journalist Asaf Rosenzweig. No details on damage or casualties have been released.
The Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) has itself directly claimed that the US military struck the Darkhovin nuclear power plant, under construction in Khuzestan province, overnight. The statement, posted Sunday afternoon, matches a report earlier published by Israeli journalist Asaf Rosenzweig, which The Zioneer covered at 13:51 Jerusalem. The IAEO's direct claim now provides an official Iranian source for the allegation, though independent verification remains absent.
The Zioneer's initial coverage of the claim began at 13:31 Jerusalem, when we reported the story based on Asaf Rosenzweig's report. In subsequent versions of the same bulletin, we included the IAEO's full statement, which specified that the attack occurred at 03:39 local time Sunday and condemned it as 'brutal and merciless'. At 13:51, we published a dedicated bulletin citing Rosenzweig's coverage. The IAEO's own direct claim, now leading this update, confirms the agency's role in publicizing the allegation.
The Darkhovin claim adds to a series of unverified reports of US strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities in recent weeks, as The Zioneer has documented. Among those previously reported: an alleged strike on the Khondab nuclear facility (Jul 13), an IRGC naval base in Bushehr (Jul 14), an oil refinery on Lavan Island (Jul 8), and a petrochemical plant in the Sirik area (Jun 11). None of these claims have been independently confirmed, and Iranian state media coverage has been inconsistent.
As of this bulletin, no details on damage or casualties at the Darkhovin site have been released, and the US has not commented on the allegation. The claim remains unverified by independent sources.
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