The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday (March 3) that Iran’s Natanz nuclear weapons enrichment site had suffered “some recent damage”. The Natanz nuclear siren was damaged after the United States (US)-Israel launched a wave of attacks against Tehran.
The IAEA also said that “no radiological consequences are expected”. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the damage was concentrated in the “entrance buildings” to the underground part of the nuclear power plant.
US forces earlier bombed a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz during the June conflict.
The underground fuel enrichment plant (FEP) is one of three Iranian uranium enrichment plants known to have been operating when Israel and the United States attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities last June.
In a statement on X, the UN nuclear watchdog said: “Based on the latest available satellite imagery, the IAEA can now confirm some recent damage to the entrance buildings of Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant.”
“No radiation consequences are expected and no further impact has been detected on the FEP itself, which was severely damaged in the June conflict,” it added.
