Israeli fighter jets struck on Thursday a number of sites across Iran, including the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, as it went ahead with the aggression on the Islamic Republic.
The partially built reactor was originally called Arak and is now named Khondab.
Iranian media reported air defenses were activated in the area of the Khondab nuclear facility and two projectiles hit an area close to it.
Officials told Iranian state TV that evacuations were made before the strikes and no risk of radiation or casualties was detected. There was no mention of any damage.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) condemned the Israeli attack, as it violated the international laws on prohibition of military action against nuclear facilities.
The AEOI also confirmed that the Israeli attack has not caused any causalities, assuring that it had took precautionary measures beforehand, preventing any threat or damage on the local people residing near the nuclear site.
The Iranian atomic agency announced it has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the attack on the Arak heavy water reactor.
Civilians Martyred in Israeli Attack
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli regime targeted cars of two families in Najafabad in Iran’s central province of Isfahan.
Iranian media outlets reported that seven members of the two families were martyred. One of the vehicles was carrying a nine-month pregnant woman. The woman, her fetus, and her husband were martyred in the detonation of their car by the Zionist regime.
Israel’s missile strike in Najafabad, Isfahan, tragically killed a pregnant woman and her husband. This attack, reportedly sanctioned by the U.S. government, raises serious questions about the American dream.
Is this what you called American dream, @TuckerCarlson? pic.twitter.com/5TnAq67aH0— محمدرضا مهاجر (@MohajerMr) June 18, 2025
The other vehicle was carrying four other citizens who were martyred, including a woman, two children at age 10 and 13, as well as a man.
The recent Zionist regime’s aggression and airstrikes on Iran have took lives of top military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary citizens, dozens of which are women and children.
Raids near Red Crescent HQ in Tehran
Iranian media outlets also published a footage showing the Israeli strike near Red Crescent facility in Tehran on Wednesday.
Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian Red Crescent building in Tehran. pic.twitter.com/CWw0ZmizAN
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) June 18, 2025
This follows the martyrdom of several Red Crescent workers in earlier strikes. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announced the martyrdom of four Iranian Red Crescent staff on Tuesday.
Source: Agencies and Iranian media
