Iran says US and Israel attacked Natanz nuclear facility

No leakage of radioactive materials reported in the area in central Iran, Tehran’s atomic energy organisation says.The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to its atomic energy organisation.“Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the … Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning,” the organisation said in a statement carried by the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump hints at ‘winding down’ Iran war as US deploys more troops to regionlist 2 of 4What US-Israeli targets reveal about Iran war goals three weeks inlist 3 of 4Iran war: What’s happening on day 22 of US-Israel attacks?list 4 of 4Pezeshkian says Iran not seeking war with Muslim neighboursend of listIt added that there was “no leakage of radioactive materials reported” at the Shahid Ahmadi Roshan enrichment facility in Natanz in central Iran, one of the country’s most important uranium enrichment sites, about 220km (135 miles) southeast of Tehran.No radioactive material was released, Tasnim reported, quoting Iranian officials. There is no danger to the population living near the facility, according to the report.In a post on X, the International Atomic Energy ⁠Agency (IAEA) said Iran has ⁠informed it about the US-Israeli attack on the ⁠Natanz site.No increase ⁠in off-site radiation ⁠levels was reported, the United ⁠Nations nuclear ⁠watchdog said, adding that it was looking into ‌the report.IAEA head Rafael Grossi repeated his “call for military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident” during the war on Iran.The White House has said a key objective of the war it launched alongside Israel on February 28 is to prevent Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons.The Natanz site was previously hit in the first week of the 22-day war, and several buildings were damaged, according to satellite images at the time.