The war between America, Israel and Iran continues for the fourth day today. Satellite images released this week have revealed damage at Iran’s main nuclear facility Natanz. Images taken Tuesday by Colorado-based imaging company Vantour (formerly known as Maxar Technologies) show many buildings at the Natanz complex appearing more damaged than photos taken the previous day.
Satellite images have shown that there has been a massive explosion at the facility. These include structures believed to house workers and entrances to vehicles connected to the underground fuel complex. Apart from this, the United Nations Nuclear Monitoring Organization has also confirmed this loss.
What did the United Nations nuclear monitoring agency tell?
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the Natanz enrichment site has recently suffered some damage following the US-Israeli attack, but added that no radiological damage is expected. Natanz, located about 220 kilometers southeast of Tehran, is Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility and a central pillar of its nuclear program.
In retaliation, Iran attacked American bases in many countries of the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is facing the worst consequences of friendship with America, whose magnificent city Dubai is looking battered by Iranian attacks. For decades, Dubai was known as a city of shining buildings, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and most of all, being untouched by the events happening anywhere in the Middle East, but Saturday’s attacks changed everything.
Dubai destroyed in attacks
Iran’s retaliatory attacks also affected Dubai’s airport and its iconic ports and destinations, especially the Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab hotels. Scenes that hardly anyone could have imagined seeing in their lifetime, especially for a city that for 4 decades made its mark as one of the world’s most reliable places to do business in a volatile neighborhood.
How did Dubai become so famous?
Dubai’s journey from a pearl and fishing port to a global financial hub is the result of decades of hard work. The launch of Emirates Airline in 1985, the opening of the Burj Al Arab in 1999 and property laws allowing foreign ownership for the first time in the early 2000s all became pillars of Brand Dubai, Reuters reports.
Today, oil contributes less than two percent to the gross domestic product (GDP). Trade, tourism and financial services, which are built on rules based on the models of London in Britain and New York in America, drive the UAE’s economy. Neighboring city Abu Dhabi, where more than 90 percent of the UAE’s oil reserves are located, is still more dependent on hydrocarbons.
Beirut was once the financial capital of the Middle East, but the civil war in the 1970s shattered its reputation. Bahrain filled this position and then Dubai left it behind. All these, like today’s Dubai, were stable amidst regional turmoil at that time. Dubai fulfilled this promise more responsibly than any previous city.
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