US-Israeli strikes hit a heavy water reactor in central Iran, Iranian media reported on Friday.
Earlier, Iran's Isfahan came under attack.  Iran's largest atomic scientific center, located south east of Isfahan city.
Air strikes struck multiple areas of Tehran also, with explosions reported across several districts and nearby towns. The Israeli military also announced a new wave of attacks targeting the Islamic Republic, after which explosions were heard across central, western, eastern and northern parts of the capital.

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An Iranian nuclear reactor being converted from heavy water production into a power generating research&nbsp;facility will be launched within a year, a spokesman for parliament's energy commission announced.&nbsp;

Under a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the Islamic republic shut down the original Arak reactor in Markazi province so that it could not produce military-grade plutonium.

It also pledged that a replacement of the original reactor with a new one would support "peaceful nuclear research".

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Quoted on Sunday by the Fars news agency, Mustafa Nakhai, spokesman of the legislature's energy commission, said "the Arak IR-20 reactor will be launched in a year from now".

Nakhai said he was in turn quoting Mohamed Eslami, newly-appointed to head the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI).

He also quoted Eslami as saying the new IR-20 reactor at Arak will feed into the generation of a planned 8,000 MW of nuclear power, to be achieved by the construction of additional reactors, state news agency IRNA reported. &nbsp;

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Nuclear chief Eslami also said in mid-September during a site visit to Arak that Iran wanted to establish the long-planned research facility "as quickly as possible".

The AEOI had said early this year that it would cold test the new reactor in the first three months of the Iranian year, which began on March 21.

The 2015 nuclear deal gave Iran sanctions relief in return for tight controls on its nuclear programme, monitored by the UN.

Tehran has gradually rolled back its nuclear commitments since 2019, a year after then US president Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral deal and began reimposing sanctions.

Talks began in April in Vienna in a bid to bring the US back inside the deal, but the dialogue has been stalled since June, when ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi was elected as Iran's president.

An Iranian nuclear reactor being converted from heavy water production into a power generating research facility will be launched within a year, a spokesman for parliament's energy commission announced.

An Iranian nuclear reactor being converted from heavy water production into a power generating research facility will be launched within a year, a spokesman for parliament's energy commission announced. Under a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the Islamic republic shut down the original Arak reactor in Markazi province so that it could not produce military-grade plutonium. It also pledged that a replacement of the original reactor with a new one would support "peaceful nuclear research". Also Read: Coalition airstrikes kill 28 Houthis in Yemen's Marib Quoted on Sunday by the Fars news agency, Mustafa Nakhai, spokesman of the legislature's energy commission, said "the Arak IR-20 reactor will be launched in a year from now". Nakhai said he was in turn quoting Mohamed Eslami, newly-appointed to head the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI). He also quoted Eslami as saying the new IR-20 reactor at Arak will feed into the generation of a planned 8,000 MW of nuclear power, to be achieved by the construction of additional reactors, state news agency IRNA reported. Also Read: US scientists David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian win Nobel prize in medicine for research about temperature and touch Nuclear chief Eslami also said in mid-September during a site visit to Arak that Iran wanted to establish the long-planned research facility "as quickly as possible". The AEOI had said early this year that it would cold test the new reactor in the first three months of the Iranian year, which began on March 21. The 2015 nuclear deal gave Iran sanctions relief in return for tight controls on its nuclear programme, monitored by the UN. Tehran has gradually rolled back its nuclear commitments since 2019, a year after then US president Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral deal and began reimposing sanctions. Talks began in April in Vienna in a bid to bring the US back inside the deal, but the dialogue has been stalled since June, when ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi was elected as Iran's president.

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Iran on Monday unveiled the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-sanctions-against-iran-are-a-reckless-addiction-iran-foreign-minister-269603">secondary circuit </a>of its nuclear reactor at Arak which it said was part of the redevelopment plan.

"Today a significant part of the reactor becomes operational," Iran's atomic energy chief said, adding, "the secondary circuit transfers the heat generated in the reactor's heart to cooling towers and is now complete."

Iran's atomic energy chief informed that the "primary circuit" was still being built in an indication of renewed plans to build its nuclear prowess. &nbsp;

Salehi informed that "fifty-two systems have to be built so that the reactor can become operational" while informing that twenty have been completed.

President Donald Trump had pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran in May last year which included six other nations and had reimposed sanctions on the country. Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia were the other stakeholders in the deal who backed Iran even after the US pullout but the fate of the deal has increasingly become unclear.

Iran had earlier restarted enriching uranium at Fordow nuclear facility in breach of the 2015 agreement which was criticised by several European countries including the United States.

Reports had indicated that the European "E3" powers - France, Britain and Germany were considering triggering reimposition of United Nations sanctions which was part of the 2015 deal but have refrained from pulling the plug on Iran.

Iran says it has the right to take measures to protect its security after the US withdrew from the nuclear pact and imposed crippling sanctions.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had recently said that US sanctions against Iran were a &nbsp;"reckless addiction" even as Iran President Hassan Rouhani slammed the "irrational" withdrawal of the United States from the multinational nuclear deal.&nbsp; 
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Iran on Monday unveiled the secondary circuit of its nuclear reactor at Arak which it said was part of the redevelopment plan. "Today a significant part of the reactor becomes operational," Iran's atomic energy chief said, adding, "the secondary circuit transfers the heat generated in the reactor's heart to cooling towers and is now complete.

Iran on Monday unveiled the secondary circuit of its nuclear reactor at Arak which it said was part of the redevelopment plan. "Today a significant part of the reactor becomes operational," Iran's atomic energy chief said, adding, "the secondary circuit transfers the heat generated in the reactor's heart to cooling towers and is now complete." Iran's atomic energy chief informed that the "primary circuit" was still being built in an indication of renewed plans to build its nuclear prowess. Salehi informed that "fifty-two systems have to be built so that the reactor can become operational" while informing that twenty have been completed. President Donald Trump had pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran in May last year which included six other nations and had reimposed sanctions on the country. Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia were the other stakeholders in the deal who backed Iran even after the US pullout but the fate of the deal has increasingly become unclear. Iran had earlier restarted enriching uranium at Fordow nuclear facility in breach of the 2015 agreement which was criticised by several European countries including the United States. Reports had indicated that the European "E3" powers - France, Britain and Germany were considering triggering reimposition of United Nations sanctions which was part of the 2015 deal but have refrained from pulling the plug on Iran. Iran says it has the right to take measures to protect its security after the US withdrew from the nuclear pact and imposed crippling sanctions. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had recently said that US sanctions against Iran were a "reckless addiction" even as Iran President Hassan Rouhani slammed the "irrational" withdrawal of the United States from the multinational nuclear deal.

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