Iran's sprawling nuclear facility at Natanz was struck during US and Israeli military operations against the Islamic Republic, Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
"Again they attacked Iran's peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday," Reza Najafi told reporters at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors. Asked by Reuters which facilities were hit, he replied: "Natanz."
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday that his agency stands by its assessment that there is no indication Iran's nuclear facilities were damaged or hit in the US and Israeli military strikes on the country.
So far, the agency has seen nothing comparable to the attacks on Iran's nuclear sites that Israel and the United States carried out in June, Grossi told a press conference.
In June 2025, Israel and the US struck Iran's nuclear sites in a 12-day war, changing Israelis' lives for over a week.
US impressed by Israeli success
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commanded the strikes for a week, until US President Donald Trump decided to get into the war.
According to both Israeli and US sources, the US president, along with senior US officials, was impressed by Israel’s success.
“Without Israel’s achievements and the results of its operation, the American president would never have even considered joining the strike,” the sources said.
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.