Iranian Heavy Water Plant Damaged, Inoperable After Strike: UN Nuclear Watchdog

Last year, the IAEA said it had ‘lost continuity of knowledge’ over Iran’s heavy water production and inventory.

The heavy water facility at Arak, Iran, on Jan. 15, 2011. Hamid Foroutan/AFP/Getty Images

Iran’s heavy water production plant (HWPP) at Khondab has been “severely damaged” and is no longer operational following a strike, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

In a March 29 post on X, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that, based on independent analysis of satellite imagery and its knowledge of the site, it had confirmed that the facility targeted on March 27 had sustained extensive damage and “is no longer operational.”