JERUSALEM — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Iran’s recently disclosed second uranium enrichment plant is “immune” to conventional bombing.
“The new site near Qom is meant for enrichment. What was revealed by the Iranians had been built over years and is located in bunkers that cannot be destroyed through a conventional attack,” Barak told parliament’s foreign affairs and defence committee.
Iran notified the UN nuclear watchdog in September that it was building a second enrichment plant near the central shrine city of Qom, after Washington accused it of covertly evading its notification responsibilities under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Confirmation of the construction work drew criticism not only from Western governments but also from the United Nations.
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