# Israel is attacking Iran (October 25, 2024, 7:30p CST) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-attacking-iran-october-25-2024-7-30p-cst/1009230 "2024-10-26T00:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-attacking-iran-october-25-2024-7-30p-cst/1009230/21 "2024-11-15T14:34:02Z")
Absolutely beautiful: [https://www.axios.com/2024/11/15/iran-israel-destroyed-active-nuclear-weapons-research-facility](https://www.axios.com/2024/11/15/iran-israel-destroyed-active-nuclear-weapons-research-facility) According to Axios, the strike in October hit an Iranian nuclear facility that had been secretly reactivated to pursue nuclear weapons research. Since the Iranians were violating non-proliferation treaties by their work at this facility, they cannot publically acknowledge or complain about the destruction of the site, which severely sets back their nuclear research. > [@](#): > > President Biden asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack the Iranian nuclear facilities in order not to trigger a war with Iran, U.S. officials said. > But Taleghan 2 was not part of Iran’s declared nuclear program so the Iranians wouldn’t be able to acknowledge the significance of the attack without admitting they violated the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. > “The strike was a not so subtle message that the Israelis have significant insight into the Iranian system even when it comes to things that were kept top secret and known to a very small group of people in the Iranian government,” a U.S. official said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-attacking-iran-october-25-2024-7-30p-cst/1009230.md?page=1)