Iran claims Natanz nuclear site targeted in US-Israeli strikes

Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog has claimed that the country's Natanz nuclear facility was struck during US and Israeli military operations against the Islamic Republic.

Speaking to reporters at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors on Monday, March 2, Reza Najafi said, "Again they attacked Iran's peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday." When asked by Reuters which facilities were hit, he replied: "Natanz."

However, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi contradicted the claim, stating that the agency stands by its assessment that there is no indication Iran's nuclear facilities were damaged or hit in the strikes. "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, which disrupted life in Israel for over a week.