Ardakan Yellow Cake Factory In Yazd Province Attacked

27.3.2026

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced that the Ardakan yellow cake production plant in Yazd Province had been attacked on March 27.

Initial investigations indicate that the strike did not result in any release of radioactive materials outside the complex, the report said.

The Israeli military also confirmed the attack, writing on X: “This facility is the only one of its kind in Iran. At this site, raw materials extracted from the ground are processed into material used for uranium enrichment. This constitutes a significant stage in the nuclear weapons production program of the Iranian regime and is considered the beginning of the production chain required for developing nuclear weapons.”

The Saghand yellow cake production plant in Ardakan was put into operation in May 2023. The Islamic republic uses yellow cake in uranium enrichment facilities.

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