Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant

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The Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, officially the Shahid Ali Mohammadi Nuclear Facility (Persian: تأسیسات هسته‌ای شهید علی‌محمدی), is an Iranian underground uranium enrichment facility located 30 kilometres (20 mi) north of the Iranian city of Qom, at a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base. The site is under the control of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). It is the second Iranian uranium enrichment facility, the other being the Natanz Nuclear Facility. Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action effective January 2016, Fordow was to cease uranium enrichment for 15 years, and carry out civilian research and production. During the 2025 Twelve-Day War, Iran reported Israeli attacks on the site on 13 and 16 June. On 22 June the United States bombed Fordow and other nuclear sites, with six B-2 Spirits dropping twelve heavy bunker busters. The UN nuclear chief claiming damage was likely "very significant" but could not be verified. However, the International Atomic Energy...

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