Latest US-Israel Attack Targets Iran's Arak Nuclear Facility

A series of recent attacks by the United States (US) and Israeli militaries in Iranian territory continues. The joint strikes by the two countries now target Iran’s Arak nuclear facility.

“The plant in Ardakan, located in Yazd Province, was targeted in an attack a few minutes ago by the American-Zionist enemy,” stated an Iranian official, as reported by AFP on Friday (27/3/2026).

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said the attacked facility is a uranium processing site. The strike occurred today local time.

According to CNN, an official in Iran’s Markazi Province claimed the attack was carried out by US and Israeli forces. He stated that there were no casualties due to prior security actions.

This reported strike comes shortly after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning to Iranian civilians in the northwest of Arak city and the Khir Abad Industrial Zone, areas near the nuclear facility.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement on X in Farsi, warning civilians that they would strike Iranian military infrastructure in the area, without specifying the exact target.

The IDF later stated that the Israeli Air Force “has begun striking infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime across Iran,” based on Israeli intelligence.

Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor was still under construction as of last year, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The construction plans for the facility previously raised concerns in Israel and the West, as heavy water can be used to produce plutonium—a pathway to potential nuclear bombs. Under the now-defunct Iran nuclear deal, Tehran agreed in 2015 to modify the construction plans for the facility to close off the plutonium pathway.

In June 2025, Israel attacked the reactor, which was still under construction, at the Arak complex during the 12-day war with Iran. At that time, the IAEA said the reactor was not operational and contained no nuclear material.