Avner Vilan, an expert on Iran's nuclear program, points to another enrichment site in Isfahan that Iran reported to the IAEA on the eve of Operation Rising Lion.
Avner Vilan, an expert on Iran's nuclear program who held senior positions in Israel's defense establishment, warns that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report raises troubling questions about the scope of Iran's nuclear program and the ability of Israel and the United States to monitor its activities following strikes on its nuclear facilities.
Vilan addressed information about an additional enrichment site in Isfahan in a recent tweet, whose existence Iran reported to the IAEA on June 12, 2025, just one day before the start of Operation Rising Lion. He said agency inspectors had not had time to visit the site or verify its precise location, and its condition at the time and whether it held nuclear material remain unclear.
Vilan acknowledged that the information had surprised him as well. He wrote, "I remembered that Iran had only two enrichment site, those at Natanz and Fordow. So where did an enrichment site in Isfahan suddenly come from?"
He explained that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has operated a large complex in Isfahan for years, primarily used for uranium conversion and also containing a small research reactor. He said tunnels at the complex were bombed during the US strikes in Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025, but he had initially believed this was an enriched uranium storage site rather than an additional enrichment facility. (Read More)
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Dr. Bill Salus comments,
Isfahan, the subject of thIs article, is located in the ancient territory of Elam (SW Iran). It has been and still remains a strategic target to be attacked. Elam is the subject of a 2600-year-old unfulfilled bible prophecy in Jeremiah 49:34-39. The prophecy is summarized below and the additional modern territorial Elam targets are dispayed on the map beneath the summary.
