Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says US jets struck the Darkhovin nuclear power plant site under construction in Khuzestan province. The claim is not yet independently confirmed. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Sunday morning that American fighter jets fired several missiles at the Darkhovin nuclear power plant site in Khuzestan province, a facility still under construction, according to the Iranian body's own statement. No information on the extent of any damage or on casualties has been released so far.
Darkhovin, also known as the Karun or IR-360 site, is a domestically designed reactor project in Khuzestan province that Iran has been building since construction first broke ground in 2022, and it has never become operational.The claim comes amid weeks of US and Israeli strikes across Iran targeting military, energy and nuclear-linked infrastructure, including repeated strikes on the perimeter of Iran's operational Bushehr nuclear power plant and on petrochemical and energy sites in Khuzestan province itself.
The claim has not yet been confirmed by US Central Command, Israeli officials, or independent wire services, and JFeed has not been able to verify it beyond the Iranian government's own reporting at this stage. (Ed note: The Darkhovin site is located about 180 miles north of Bushehr nuclear site, and is within the ancient area once known as Elam.) (Source)
