[Breaking News] "Israel attacks Iran's Fordow nuclear facility with 'U.S. bombing'"
Korea Economic Daily
Summary
- AFP and AP, quoting Iranian local media, reported that Israel attacked Iran's Fordow nuclear facility.
- It was reported that U.S. military B-2 bombers and GBU-57 bunker busters were mobilized in this attack.
- Due to the renewed escalation of the security crisis in the Middle East, related market volatility may rise.
On the 23rd (local time), AFP, citing Iran's Tasnim News Agency, reported that 'Israel attacked the Fordow nuclear facility located in Qom Province, central Iran.'
According to the report, Tasnim quoted an Iranian official as saying, "The aggressor attacked the Fordow nuclear facility again," and AP also cited Iran's state broadcaster IRIB as reporting that the uranium enrichment facility beneath Fordow was attacked.
Previously, the U.S. military used 6 out of 7 B-2 bombers, which had flown from the mainland to Iran at dawn the previous day, to launch a total of 12 GBU-57 bunker busters on the Fordow nuclear facility.
Reported by Bobae Lee, Hankyung.com guest reporter newsinfo@hankyung.com
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