A month after US airstrikes on three major nuclear sites in Iran, the effects of the attacks remain unclear. These strikes, known as "Operation Midnight Hammer," targeted facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan using 125 aircraft and specialty B-2 bombers with bunker buster bombs. Fordo, heavily fortified and designed to house 3,000 centrifuges, was transformed into a research facility as part of the 2015 JCPOA but resumed enrichment activity after the US withdrawal. Iran enriches uranium to 60% at Fordo, with IAEA reporting some particles at 83.7% purity, near weapons-grade levels.
The strikes were a part of what US President Donald Trump called "Operation Midnight Hammer" and targeted the nuclear facilities in the cities of Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
Fordo is the country's most heavily fortified nuclear facility buried deep inside a mountain to shield it from attacks.
Iran has been enriching uranium to 60% purity at the site, well beyond what is required for civilian nuclear power generation purposes.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also said it had found uranium particles at Fordo enriched to as high as 83.7% purity.
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