Israel Has Struck Iran's Natanz Underground Nuclear Facility: UN Agency

Israel has conducted a precision strike on Iran's most secretive and secure nuclear facility - the Natanz nuclear complex, which is located deep underground. It was believed that this was a facility that Israel would not be able to target successfully due to its location being beneath the Earth's surface.

But the International Atomic Energy Agency or IAEA said on Tuesday that Israel has launched a military offensive and has attacked the underground section of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant.

In a post on social media platform X, the IAEA said, "Based on continued analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery collected after Friday's attacks, the IAEA has identified additional elements that indicate direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz."

It added that there was "no change to report" at Iran's two other major nuclear sites, Isfahan and Fordow.

However, the IAEA, which is the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, said it is still assessing the situation and that initial feedback suggests that the facility was struck only indirectly.

The IAEA has been constantly monitoring the situation in Iran since Israel's air strikes, targeting nuclear and military infrastructure, began on Friday. It had previously confirmed that an overground enrichment facility at the same complex was already destroyed in a previous strike.
 

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