The news outlet quoted the American and Israeli authorities as claiming that Israeli airstrikes damaged an "active secret nuclear weapons research facility" in Parchin, Iran. The authorities argued that this was a significant loss that the country had to endure and a major setback in Tehran's efforts to restart its nuclear weapons research program.

The Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin military complex in late October will make it much harder for Iran to develop a nuclear explosive device if it chooses to do so, two Israeli officials told Axios.