What’s in Isfahan? The city home to Iranian nuclear facilities

A technician is seen at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, which operates three small Chinese-supplied research reactors, as well as handling fuel production and other activities for Iran’s civilian nuclear program. Photograph: Caren Firouz/REUTERS

The central Iranian city of Isfahan is home to a number of important military facilities, including nuclear facilities, a major airbase and factories associated with Iranian drone and other military production.

Initial reports by Iran’s Fars news agency from the Friday morning Israeli attacks centred on “three explosions” heard near Qahjavarestan, close to Isfahan airport and the Shekari army airbase, while Iran’s space agency spokesperson Hossein Dalirian said “several” drones had been “successfully shot down”.