by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – The ‘Days of Repentance’ operation launched by Israel against Iran in late October targeted and destroyed a highly secretive nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, according to Axios.
The Israeli attack code-named ‘Days of Repentance’ was part of Israel’s largest military operation to date, taking place the day after the Feast of Tabernacles concluded. It involved over 100 combat aircraft and spanned more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km), and targeted around 20 military installations in Iran.
The Israeli operation significantly damaged Iran’s attempts to restart its nuclear weapons research, according to several Israeli and U.S. officials who spoke with Axios.
On October 25, an Israeli strike targeted the Taleghan 2 facility within the Parchin military complex, located roughly 20 miles southeast of Tehran. Previously part of Iran’s Amad nuclear weapons program, which ceased in 2003, this facility was used for explosive testing essential for nuclear device detonation.
High-resolution satellite images obtained by the Institute for Science and International Security post-strike revealed that the Taleghan 2 building was completely destroyed.
A former Israeli official familiar with the details of the strike reported that it obliterated advanced equipment used to develop the plastic explosives that encase uranium in nuclear devices, which are essential for their detonation.
While Iran continues to deny that its trying to develop a nuclear weapons program, in August, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) changed its assessment removing a sentence that had previously been in its intelligence reports over the past years, which stated, Iran “is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device.”
Next week, the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is scheduled to convene and likely vote on a censure resolution against Iran due to its insufficient cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
While the West often views Iran’s nuclear program through a secular lens, the spiritual aspect should not be overlooked.
Iran is the only country where Twelver Shi’ism is the state religion.
Twelver Shīʿism, the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, makes up about 85% of Shīʿas. “Twelver” signifies belief in twelve divinely appointed leaders, the Twelve Imams, with the last, Imam al-Mahdi, expected to return as the Mahdi. Twelvers see the Imams as Muhammad’s spiritual and political successors, guiding with justice and interpreting Islamic law and the Qur’an’s inner meanings. They are viewed as infallible (Ismah) and divinely chosen (nass).
The Twelvers’ believe that the Mahdi is expected to appear in times of extreme chaos, returning alongside Jesus as a messiah to bring peace and establish Islam globally.
Twelver beliefs, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and threats toward Israel and the West have raised concerns. Critics suggest that Iran’s Supreme Leader might incite conflict to hasten the 12th Imam’s arrival. Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad has even called for the Imam’s return at the UN, asserting that the Islamic Revolution’s primary goal is to prepare for his reappearance.
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