Natanz

Witkoff: Iran openly admitted to having enough 60% enriched uranium to create nuclear material

Iran claims it possesses 460kg of 60% enriched uranium, enough to build nuclear weapons in a few years. Notably, Iran would have needed at least two years to actually make a nuclear bomb. 

|ByJAMES GENN
A model of a centrifuge is displayed during the 46th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi gives a press statement in Vienna, March 2, 2026; illustrative.

IAEA confirms entrances to Iran's Natanz enrichment plant were bombed

There is no expected radiological consequence from the fallout of the strike on Natanz, the IAEA stated.

|ByREUTERS
A satellite imagery taken on February 1, 2026, shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Isfahan nuclear site, Iran.

Damage to Iran's nuclear facilities unclear from IAEA, Iran, Israel, US statements

The US may have struck Isfahan, where IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Iran's 60% enriched uranium may be stored.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A satellite image shows ongoing efforts to harden and strengthen a facility's two tunnel entrances at a complex near Nantanz, Iran, February 10, 2026.

Iran says 'peaceful, safeguarded' Natanz nuclear site hit in US-Israeli strikes

"Again they attacked Iran's peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday," Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog told reporters at a meeting.

|ByREUTERS

Iran has begun 60% uranium enrichment - chief nuclear negotiator

Araqchi also announced that Iran will introduce 1,000 more centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility.

APRIL 14, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, YONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Day 3 after Natanz: Iran reiterates 'right' to retaliate

This “reserves the right” story about retaliation appears to be a dialing back of Iran’s claims it would retaliate.

APRIL 13, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei surrounded by military officials