After Israeli and US military strikes on multiple Iranian nuclear facilities, the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that ‘it sees no damage to facilities containing nuclear material in Iran and no radiological release risk at this time, based on the latest available satellite imagery.’
Damage was apparently visible at two buildings near the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran, but theIAEA reported no damage to facilities containing nuclear material and no risk of radiological release at this time.
IDF strikes
This report follows earlier claims made by the IDF that on Tuesday, they destroyed a secret Iranian nuclear weapons development site known as Min Zadai.
Min Zadai, on the northeast outskirts of Tehran, was to be linked to weapons development according to IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin.
Additionally, Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz was reportedly targeted during US and Israeli military operations on Monday.
Russia warns of nuclear dangers
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Wednesday that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant was under threat from US-Israeli air strikes and that explosions could be heard just kilometers away from its perimeter.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told a news briefing in Moscow that the bombing campaign was causing serious obstacles to the UN nuclear watchdog's effort to monitor the situation.
Moscow hoped that the IAEA would provide an objective assessment of the nuclear risks posed by the US-Israeli strikes, she said.
Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.