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Sat · 07 Nov 2026

Explosions Reported Near Khandab, Site of Iran's IR-40 Heavy Water Reactor

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Explosions Reported Near Khandab, Site of Iran's IR-40 Heavy Water Reactor

⚛️ KHANDAB — Explosions near Iran's IR-40 reactor; no one is claiming the strike. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Khandab hosts Iran's IR-40 heavy water reactor — a core nuclear negotiation asset since 2015. A confirmed strike there crosses from military logic into nuclear infrastructure targeting, a threshold CENTCOM hasn't publicly crossed. No attribution from either side yet; that silence is deliberate — both capitals know what hitting Khandab means legally.

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