An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that U.S. airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it

Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites

By Jon Gambrell
May 22, 2023
Jon Gambrell

Jon Gambrell is Gulf and Iran news director for The Associated Press in Dubai

 
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