An Israeli airstrike in late October destroyed a top-secret nuclear weapons research facility in Iran, significantly damaging the country’s efforts to resume nuclear weapons research, according to Axios,

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.

A secret Iranian nuclear weapons research facility was destroyed in Israel’s attack on the Islamic Republic last month, according to US and Israeli sources.

Israel's airstrikes on Iran last month destroyed a top-secret Iranian nuclear research facility at Parchin, according to reports.

Israel destroyed one of Iran’s secret active nuclear research facilities in October, it has emerged. A new report from Axios, citing three US officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official,