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  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can confirm that the Iranian nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan have been hit, following U.S. aerial attacks overnight, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today . Based on an analysis of the information available to it , the IAEA assessed that there has been extensive additional damage at the sprawling Esfahan site , which had already been struck several times by Israel since it began targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities on 13 June, Director General Grossi said. The IAEA had previously reported that several buildings at the Esfahan complex were damaged, some of which may have contained nuclear material. “The latest attacks early this morning damaged other buildings in Esfahan . In addition, we have established that entrances to underground tunnels at the site were impacted,” Director General Grossi said. The extent of damage to the Fordow uranium enrichment facility – built deep inside a mountain in central Iran – was...

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  Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he will call an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on Monday in light of the “urgent situation” in Iran following the latest attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities . “In view of the increasingly serious situation in terms of nuclear safety and security, the Board of Governors will meet in an extraordinary session tomorrow, which I will address,” Director General Grossi said. The Director General said the IAEA has been informed by the Iranian regulatory authorities that there has been no increase in off-site radiation levels after the recent attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Fordow uranium enrichment site. “As of this time, we don’t expect that there will be any health consequences for people or the environment outside the targeted sites,” he said. “We will continue to monitor and assess the situation in Iran and provide further updates as additional information becomes available.” According to...

A large nuclear complex in Esfahan has been targeted for a second time during Israel’s attacks on Iran over the past nine days, with several more buildings struck, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today . The site in central Iran was first hit on 13 June when four buildings were damaged: the central chemical laboratory , a uranium conversion facility , a reactor fuel manufacturing plant , and an enriched uranium metal processing facility under construction. No increase of off-site radiation levels was reported. Based on information available to the IAEA today, six other buildings at the same site have now also been attacked: a natural and depleted uranium metal production facility which had not yet begun operations, a fuel rod production facility, a building with low-enriched uranium pellet production as well as a laboratory and nuclear material storage , another laboratory building, a workshop handling contaminated equipment ...