An Israeli airstrike on Iran's Parchin military complex at the end of October has significantly hindered Iran’s ability to pursue nuclear weapons development, according to two senior Israeli officials.

The details was first published on the website of Axios.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed one of the key facilities of Iran's nuclear program during a missile attack on the Islamic Republic on October 25,

The sophisticated equipment destroyed in the attack was essential for shaping and testing plastic explosives that encase uranium in a nuclear device.

Activity for testing explosives needed to detonate nuclear devices resumed in the Parchin military complex earlier this year.

The Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin military complex in late October will make it much harder for Iran to develop a nuclear explosive device if it chooses to do so, two Israeli officials told Axios.

Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military facilities in late October destroyed an active nuclear weapons research facility at the Parchin military complex, near Tehran, according to a report, citing US a

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vehemently denies the country's pursuit of nuclear weapons, stating, "Iran is not after nuclear weapons, period." However, Israeli and U.S. officials reveal a different story.

The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, according to three U.S. officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official.

The news outlet quoted the American and Israeli authorities as claiming that Israeli airstrikes damaged an "active secret nuclear weapons research facility" in Parchin, Iran. The authorities argued that this was a significant loss that the country had to endure and a major setback in Tehran's efforts to restart its nuclear weapons research program.