Devlin named the site “Min Zadai,” located on the northeastern outskirts of Tehran, and said it was linked to the development of a weapons group.
The Israel Defense Forces destroyed a secret nuclear weapons development site in Iran on Tuesday, its chief spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin revealed at a press conference. Separately, the Israel Defense Forces said its air force has destroyed about 300 Iranian missile launchers since the war began.
Devlin named the site “Min Zadai,” located on the northeastern outskirts of Tehran, saying it was linked to weapons development. He said IDF intelligence tracked nuclear scientists trying to get there covertly.
IDF intelligence tracks nuclear scientists at secret nuclear base
Devlin named the site “Min Zadai,” located on the northeastern outskirts of Tehran, saying it was linked to weapons development. He said IDF intelligence tracked nuclear scientists trying to get there covertly.
By tracking these scientists, he said, the IDF was able to understand the dangerous nature of these activities, which could help Tehran resume aspects of its nuclear weapons development.
IDF image shows the covert “Minzadehei” Iranian nuclear facility attacked by the IDF on March 3, 2026. (Image source: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
Much of the global media’s attention has focused on uranium enrichment because it is the most difficult problem to solve and may take many years to master.
But enriched uranium cannot be delivered as a weapon without developing some weapons components.
Israeli bombing campaign in June destroyed dozens of weapons sites
In June 2025, an Israeli bombing campaign destroyed dozens of sites associated with weapons development, essentially shutting down this side of the nuclear coin.
Devlin’s disclosure is the first public statement by the Israel Defense Forces on Iran’s new progress in resuming weapons development since the June 12, 2025, war.