The Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin military complex in late October will make it much harder for Iran to develop a nuclear explosive device if it chooses to do so, two Israeli officials told Axios.

An Israeli airstrike on Iran's Parchin military complex at the end of October has significantly hindered Iran’s ability to pursue nuclear weapons development, according to two senior Israeli officials.

Israel's airstrikes on Iran last month destroyed a top-secret Iranian nuclear research facility at Parchin, according to reports.

The news outlet quoted the American and Israeli authorities as claiming that Israeli airstrikes damaged an "active secret nuclear weapons research facility" in Parchin, Iran. The authorities argued that this was a significant loss that the country had to endure and a major setback in Tehran's efforts to restart its nuclear weapons research program.

The sophisticated equipment destroyed in the attack was essential for shaping and testing plastic explosives that encase uranium in a nuclear device.