<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/iran" rel="" target="" title="Iran"><span>Iran</span></a><span> has vowed revenge after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/israel" rel="" target="" title="Israel"><span>Israel</span></a><span> struck two nuclear sites in the country overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Israel had struck </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-israel-warns-attacks-on-iran-will-escalate-and-expand-as-trump-claims-advances-in-ceasefire-talks/9158d843-2e6c-401d-8816-d23e38bdb20e" rel="" target="" title="two steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites"><span>two steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Israel claims it acted in coordination with the US," he wrote on X.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-strait-of-hormuz-toll-tankers-charge-tax-middle-east-latest-updates/274c41fa-6a57-45f7-8663-bbbaeb2150bc"><strong><span>Iran looking to turn Strait of Hormuz into massive toll booth</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Araghchi said the attacks contradicted </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="US President Donald Trump"><span>US President Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s claims of an extended deadline for diplomacy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Israel's Defence Forces announced they had targeted a heavy water plant in central Iran.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/middle-east-latest-updates-iran-nuclear-facility-struck-by-israel-usa-world-news/ce5d0b47-d82e-4b33-888f-bc1aa7248061" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They said the plant was a "key plutonium production site for nuclear weapons".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The IDF will not allow the Iranian regime to continue advancing its nuclear weapons program, which poses an existential threat to Israel and the entire world," the IDF said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said there were no casualties or radiation leaks as a result of the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/yemen-houthis-bab-almandab-strait-iran-middle-east-updates-blockade-usa-trade-news/4534861d-2848-4634-a48e-32fb147bfacc"><strong><span>Iranian ally could cause chaos if drawn into the war</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>International human rights organisations have condemned attacks on nuclear facilities this week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Melissa Parke said it was "playing roulette with civilian lives".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Nuclear risks are not theoretical -- they are immediate and human," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The US, Israel and Iran must stop all military action and return to the diplomatic path."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Before working with ICAN, Parke was a Labor MP representing the WA seat of Fremantle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ICAN said a direct hit on a nuclear facility would not cause an atomic weapon-like explosion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-preparing-for-ground-invasion-of-island-usa-middle-east-latest-updates/ecd1759a-4b09-4be6-a4d2-f1a23aca6275"><strong><span>Ground invasion of Iranian island a 'mistake', says expert</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But a release of radiation could have profound long-term impacts on the region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Overnight Iran attacked targets in Kuwait and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/saudi-arabia" rel="" target="" title="Saudi Arabia"><span>Saudi Arabia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Iran has agreed to allow humanitarian aid and food through the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-strait-of-hormuz-toll-tankers-charge-tax-middle-east-latest-updates/274c41fa-6a57-45f7-8663-bbbaeb2150bc" rel="" target="" title="Strait of Hormuz"><span>Strait of Hormuz</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Iran is effectively blockading the narrow body of water, preventing shipping from going in or out of the Persian Gulf.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But today's decision would allow agricultural shipments into the region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jd-vance-iran-suicide-vests-nuclear-dirty-bomb-atomic-weapon-iran-latest-news-updates/14a8fc31-fa0d-46fb-8908-40b61a073e2f"><strong><span>Iran could develop nuclear suicide bomb vests, claims JD 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