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Israel strikes Iranian nuclear development facilities, Tehran vows retaliation
Jerusalem Post ^ | March 27, 2026 | AARON GLICK, YONAH JEREMY BOB

Posted on 03/27/2026 12:28:33 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan

Israel attacked Iran’s Khandab heavy water reactor in Arak, as well as the uranium enrichment facility at Ardakan, on Friday, the IDF confirmed.

Earlier Iranian state media reports noted that the enrichment facility produced yellowcake, a concentrated uranium powder used in the early stages of nuclear fuel production.

A government official told the Islamic Republic’s semi-official Fars News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), that no casualties occured in the reported attack on the heavy water reactor, and that there is no danger to the local population. Fars reported that the facility was struck twice.

"Heavy water is a unique material used to operate nuclear reactors, such as the inactive Arak reactor, which was originally designed to have weapons-grade plutonium production capabilities," the IDF said. "These materials can also be used as a neutron source for nuclear weapons."

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Iran; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: epicfury; iran; israel; uraniumenrichment; war

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Working down the supply chain. And target list.
1 posted on 03/27/2026 12:28:33 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan
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To: MeanWestTexan

“Vowing retaliation”?! Again?


2 posted on 03/27/2026 12:29:54 PM PDT by albie
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To: MeanWestTexan

Israel attacked Iran’s Khandab heavy water reactor in Arak, as well as the uranium enrichment facility at Ardakan, on Friday, the IDF confirmed.

Wait...I thought all that nuclear stuff was destroyed?

Guess not.


3 posted on 03/27/2026 12:30:39 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: albie

Vowing retaliation........what have they been doing up until now?


4 posted on 03/27/2026 12:31:34 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: MeanWestTexan

<< Tehran vows retaliation >>

Who’s this Tehran fella?


5 posted on 03/27/2026 12:35:51 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Adder

It was inactive. Easier to kill a sleeping snake than wait for it to bite. After you kill all the ones that are alive.


6 posted on 03/27/2026 12:41:06 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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To: Adder

Yes you made a mistake by thinking it was all destroyed. I did not make the same mistake as you since I never thought all the nuke stuff was destroyed. How did you delude yourself into thinking all the nuke stuff was destroyed?


7 posted on 03/27/2026 12:41:39 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Adder

“.I thought all that nuclear stuff was destroyed?”

That was my thought, too, then I realized this is way down the chain of enrichment. Basically the first step past the mine.

The heavy water was a major source of revenue for Iran, as well.


8 posted on 03/27/2026 12:42:33 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Who’s this Tehran fella?”

Dunno, but for once I respect anonymous sources.

Given the IRGC Navy head got blown up about six hours after swearing he’d chase the US Navy “back to the Gulf of Mexico”, I totally get the unnamed spokesmen for Iran at this point.


9 posted on 03/27/2026 12:44:21 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: jimtorr

Well, now they’re mad.


10 posted on 03/27/2026 12:44:50 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

These Twelver clowns are getting shut down. Their 5x daily head bumping to fake Allah, not helping their situation. Everyone is sick and tired of these 7th century goons making their threats. By everyone I mean the Muslim nations that surround them. Who simply want to sell oil to infidels, to make big money .....

And guess who is in the way? Its not Israel.


11 posted on 03/27/2026 12:44:53 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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“And guess who is in the way? Its not Israel.”

No, in fact, Egypt is shipping its oil by way of Israel.

There’s a super whinny article in Al-Jazeera about how Israel is profiting because it’s an alternative route out via it’s Goliath Pipeline to Europe. I almost posted it but it was too vomit inducing.

(A pipeline, mind you, that Obama demanded Israel not build and Biden tried to shut down and Israel told them to pound sand.)


12 posted on 03/27/2026 12:48:47 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

I see so many cheese, eating surrender monkeys on this forum nowadays, who are all too willing to give up a go into a shell and surrender to the Mullahs.


13 posted on 03/27/2026 12:50:21 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Adder

The goal posts will keep moving as long as the dollars keep flowing


14 posted on 03/27/2026 12:55:25 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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Tehran vows retaliation

The Iranian Islamofascistnazis have been "retaliating" against civilization since 1979.

The overall Islamofascistnazi Cult has been at war with civilization since 800AD.

15 posted on 03/27/2026 12:55:49 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: rlmorel

Grok tells me that it will cost “hundreds of millions” of dollars to rebuild and probably made a very serious localized radioactive mess that will be difficult to clean up.

Apparently, the desire to not irradiate the site for 100 years was the reason it was not initially hit.

Well, too bad. So sad.


16 posted on 03/27/2026 1:03:08 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

🔝🔝


17 posted on 03/27/2026 1:17:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: rlmorel

YEP


18 posted on 03/27/2026 1:17:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MeanWestTexan

MBS has trillions in development plans. AI included. He met with US tech giants last fall in a White House State Dinner that Trump threw.
Twelver Ayatollahs are old and in the way.
Dispose of these primitives and we can get the Abraham Accords = Middle East peace.


19 posted on 03/27/2026 1:22:27 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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To: Adder

“Wait...I thought all that nuclear stuff was destroyed?”

Seriously?


20 posted on 03/27/2026 1:28:19 PM PDT by plain talk
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