An area near the heavy-water research reactor in Khondab, part of Iran’s nuclear programme, was hit by Israel, Reuters reports quoting the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA).

Officials announced the facility was evacuated prior to the attack and there is no radiation risk, ISNA added. The research reactor was partially built and previously known as Arak, with Tehran informing the UN nuclear watchdog that it plans operating the facility next year.

The Israeli military said it had targeted the nuclear reactor in the area of Arak in Iran overnight and what it called a nuclear weapons development site in the area of Natanz.