A video released by Iranian state media and geolocated by CNN showed smoke rising from the direction of the Fordow nuclear facility after the US struck three nuclear facilities, including Fordow, on Sunday.
Details and Location of Images
Iran's official news agency IRNA In the video shared by and taken from a moving vehicle on the road, a large, a dark cloud of smoke “The only smoke visible in the sky over Fordow is from the Fordow nuclear facility,” a voice in the video can be heard saying.
CNN said it could not independently verify the source of the smoke, but it did say the video showed the smoke coming from the Fordow facility 13 kilometers (8 miles) west of Tehran-Qom Highway It was detected by geolocation that it was taken.
Damage Claims and Conflicting Statements
US President Donald Trump said that the nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were closed due to the attacks.was completely destroyed" But Iranian officials have downplayed the impact of the attack. State media also said the attacks were only on Fordow, with one lawmaker saying he was not seriously harmed. Damage to exit and entrance tunnels, claimed that the facility did not harm him.
The Fordow site is located deep within several mountains, close to the holy city of Qom, increasing the level of protection of the facility and making the extent of the damage difficult to assess from the outside.
