Attacks on GHOM and nuclear facility in Isfahan

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Attacks on GHOM and nuclear facility in Isfahan

Updated on June 21, 2025 – 10:46 a.m.Reading time: 4 min.

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Israel and Iran continue to attack each other. (Source: Leo Correa/AP/dpa/dpa pictures)

As long as Israel attacks, Iran rejects negotiations. Now Iranian media report new attacks. There are also nuclear facilities nearby.

In the war between Israel and Iran, a diplomatic solution appears increasingly uncertain. At night the arch enemies fought again. According to its own information, the Israeli army started a series of attacks against rocket camps, shooting facilities in the interior of Iran and a nuclear facility in the city of Isfahan.

The online portal “Iran Nuances”, close to the Iranian government, reported that there was an explosion in the Centraliran City of Isfahan. An Israeli military representative confirmed attacks on an atomic facility in Isfahan. The aim of the attacks was the production facilities for uranium centrifuges in the system. Already at the beginning of the Israeli offensive in Iran, institutions of the nuclear industry were attacked there.

According to Israel’s military, an Israeli attack on the Iranian city of Ghom was killed by a commander of the Al-Kuds brigades of the Iranian revolutionary guards. According to Defense Minister Israel Katz, this was the leader of the so-called Palestine corps of the abroad of the elite facility of Iran Said Isadi.

State media in Iran previously reported an Israeli attack on Ghom. At least one 16-year-old person was killed and two people were injured, “Iran Nuances” reported. A residential building had been hit. GHOM is around 50 kilometers north of the uranium enrichment system in Fordo. The system is considered the most important goal of Israel in the current war.

US President Donald Trump had explained on Thursday that he would like to decide within the next two weeks whether the United States would be the most important ally of Israel to intervene in war.

Despite the growing pressure, Iran, according to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi, rejects negotiations, as long as Israel’s attacks last. However, Israel’s leadership shows no signs of stopping the military campaign in Iran that started a week ago. “We have to prepare for a long time,” said Israel’s chief of staff Ejal Zamir. “We have started the most complex use of our history.”

Israel estimates that his attacks in Iran have delayed the development of an atomic bomb by the Islamic Republic for years. “According to the assessments we hear, I think we have the opportunity for you to get an atomic bomb delayed by at least two or three years,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in a “picture” interview. Israel has achieved a lot, but “will not stop until we have done everything possible to eliminate this threat,” said Saar.

In another interview with the Japanese television station NHK, he said: “We will not allow Iran like North Korea. Iran tried to take North Korea because he believes that the security of his regime is guaranteed by nuclear weapons. But we will not allow this in Iran”. When asked by NHK whether Israel was willing to accept a diplomatic solution in conflict with Iran, Saar said: “Personally, I don’t think Iran strives for a (diplomatic) solution. Iran tries to deceive the international community”.

Trump considers the latest mediation efforts of the Europeans to be expedient. “Iran does not want to talk to Europe. They want to speak to us. Europe cannot help,” Trump said when asked by a journalist whether the conversations of the Europeans were helpful. There are currently contacts in the United States with Iran and you will see what happens. The Foreign Minister of Germany, France and Great Britain met with their Iranian colleague Araghtschi on Friday in Geneva. The Europeans and Tehran want to continue the talks.