TEHRAN/VIENNA: The UN atomic watchdog on Saturday said it was looking into a report by Iran that the Natanz nuclear site was attacked in the war with the United States and Israel.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi repeated a “call for military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident,” the agency posted on X.
“The IAEA has been informed by Iran that the Natanz nuclear site was attacked today. No increase in off-site radiation levels reported,” it added.
The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned an attack on Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility that occurred on Saturday, Reuters reported.
“This is a blatant violation of international law,” the ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that the Natanz nuclear enrichment site was attacked on Saturday, the agency said in a post on X.
The United States and Israel struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Saturday, the Islamic republic’s atomic energy organization said.
“Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the … Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning,” the organization said in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency.
It added that there was “no leakage of radioactive materials reported” in the area in central Iran.
