Pakistan, June 25 -- The US and Israel are now directly involved in the continuing Middle East crisis after the US launched assaults against all three Iranian nuclear facilities over the last few days, including the underground Fordow enrichment plant. Located within a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps post, thirty kilometers northeast of the Iranian city of Qom, lies the Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, also known as the Shahid Ali Mohammadi Nuclear Facility. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is in charge of the location. Along with the Natanz Nuclear complex, it is the second Iranian enriched uranium complex.

With medieval and urban sites that date back to 4000 BC, Iran is site to one of the oldest major civilization...