Images show Iran's Arak plant is operational

The Telegraph says Tehran operating Arak heavy-water production plant in effort to produce plutonium which can be used to make nuclear bomb. Plant protected by anti-aircraft missiles

The images show signs of activity at the Arak plant, located 150 miles south-west of Tehran, including a cloud of steam that indicates heavy-water production.

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Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US State Department official told the British newspaper that Arak could be part of a process that might trigger Western strikes on Iran.

“Some think Israel’s red line for military action is before Arak comes online," he said. "The option of a military strike on an operating reactor would present enormous complications because of the radiation that would be spread,” he warned.

IAEA inspectors have been trying to visit the facility since August 2011 and Iran has refused repeated requests for information about the site.

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IAEA inspectors unable to visit Arak plant (Photo: GettyImages)

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