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2004 satellite image of the military complex at Parchin, Iran                                                                                    (photo credit: AP/DigitalGlobe – Institute for Science and International Security)

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Diplomats say Iran nuclear reactor damaged by quake

Tehran claimed Bushehr facility was untouched by recent tremblers, but large cracks have apparently been seen in its structure

A worker outside the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

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Diplomats say countries monitoring Iran’s nuclear program have picked up information that the country’s only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more recent earthquakes.

Two diplomats say long cracks have appeared in at least one section of the structure.