Iranian Foreign Minister Says Fordow Nuclear Site ‘Heavily Damaged’

Iran’s new law requires any future International Atomic Energy Agency inspection to be approved by the country’s Supreme National Security Council.

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, watches a video of a bombing test of the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator used in the attack on the Iranian Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, during a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on June 26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the Fordow nuclear site was “seriously and heavily damaged” by U.S. B-2 bombers on June 21.

“No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow,” Araghchi said during an interview with CBS News, broadcast on July 1. “That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged. The Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran [AEOI] is currently undertaking evaluation and assessment, the report of which will be submitted to the government.”