Isfahan Ammunition Depot Attack: A large ammunition depot in Isfahan in Iran has been hit by US-Israeli joint strikes with 2000-pound penetrator munitions or bunker busters.
Isfahan Ammunition Depot Attack-Trump Shares Video
United States President Donald Trump posted a gripping video of the strike on social media. According to US military officials, Isfahan is the nerve centre for the military machine of Tehran and the home for drones, missiles, suicide boats, ballistic missiles and conventional ammunition that have been used on Israel and allies of the United States.
Satellite images that were taken just before the US Israel Iran war in June 2025 had suggested that the Islamic Republic of Iran transferred a truckload of highly enriched uranium to its Isfahan nuclear facility. This was after an Airbus Defence and Space Pleiades Neo satellite images showed a truck fully loaded with 18 blue containers proceeding into a tunnel on June 9, 2025.
Francois Diaz-Maurin, an analyst with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, had then remarked that it is likely that Tehran may have transferred highly enriched uranium stockpile to Isfahan.
Strategic Importance Of Isfahan
Isfahan is home to 2.3 million people and is strategically important for the military as well as nuclear-linked infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The city is believed to be associated with the nuclear program of Iran and the Badr military airbase.
According to eyewitnesses, a series of highly powerful secondary explosions were heard after the initial strikes. Shockwaves and fireballs were seen across many parts of the Iranian city. Last year, the city was targeted under Operation Midnight Hammer by the United States.
In another development, Iran’s Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that it has shot down a US-made MQ-9 Reaper long-range unmanned aerial vehicle that was operating over the city of Isfahan. It was claimed by the IRGC that the drone was unsuccessful in breaching the advanced air defence of Iran and was timely intercepted before it was destroyed.
