UN Watchdog Says Israeli Strikes Made ‘Direct Impacts’ on Underground Nuclear Site

The International Atomic Energy Agency said the centrifuge halls at Iran’s Natanz facility were hit.

A damaged building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, on July 2, 2020. [Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters]

Israeli airstrikes have damaged an underground Iranian nuclear facility, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said on June 17.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a social media post on Tuesday that it believes that Israel’s initial aerial attacks on Iran’s Natanz enrichment site this past week struck the facility’s underground centrifuge halls.