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IAEA chief: Attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities have caused significant damage

2025-06-23 22:50:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

IAEA chief: Attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities have caused significant

The UN nuclear chief, Rafael Grossi, has assessed that military attacks by Israel and the United States have caused significant damage to Iran's nuclear facilities.

Rafael Grossi, at an emergency meeting of the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, said that craters caused by US bombs penetrating the ground were visible at Fordow, the cornerstone of Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

Israel said Tehran was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

The US made the same claim as it entered the conflict directly on Saturday, striking Iran's three main nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. US President Donald Trump claimed that the strikes had destroyed all three plants.

Grossi added that "no one, including the IAEA, is able to fully assess the underground damage at Fordow," but it is expected to be "very large."

This is due to the explosive charge used and the extremely vibration-sensitive nature of centrifuges.

The IAEA chief also stressed that the facilities in Natanz and Isfahan were bombed by US warplanes and Tomahawk missiles and were also damaged.

In Natanz, he said, the US struck a fuel enrichment plant. In Isfahan, it destroyed several buildings, including some related to the uranium conversion process, while hitting the entrances to tunnels used to store enriched material./ CNA





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