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The United States and Israel struck Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility on Saturday morning, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization confirmed, saying no radioactive material leak was detected and no danger was posed to residents near the site in central Iran.
The strike on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility was carried out by U.S. warplanes using bunker-busting bombs, Israeli state broadcaster KAN reported Saturday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also confirmed it had been notified of the attack and called for military restraint to avoid the risk of a nuclear accident.
Israeli state broadcaster KAN reported that U.S. warplanes carried out the airstrikes on the Natanz nuclear facility using bunker-busting bombs, citing sources familiar with the matter.
An Israeli official separately confirmed the attack on Natanz was "American" and carried out with bombers and bunker-busting bombs, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
Israeli sources also said the strikes on Natanz were carried out with heavy munitions and with U.S. participation. The same sources claimed that Israel suspects Iran of transferring quantities of enriched uranium to secret sites.
Israeli sources also said Tel Aviv rules out carrying out a ground operation to take control of Iran's nuclear facilities.
The IAEA said in a post on X: "The IAEA has been informed by Iran that the Natanz nuclear site was attacked today. No increase in off-site radiation levels reported. IAEA is looking into the report." IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated his "call for military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident."
"Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning," Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said in a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
The organization said technical and expert investigations were conducted by the country's Nuclear Safety System Center at the facility.
"Based on the results obtained, we inform the noble people of Iran that, given the precautions taken, prior planning, and data recorded in monitoring systems, no leakage of radioactive materials has been reported in this complex, and no danger threatens the residents of the areas surrounding this site," the statement said.
The organization said the attack violates international laws and obligations, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other nuclear safety and security regulations.
The Natanz facility, formally named the Shahid Ahmadi Roshan enrichment complex, has previously been struck in the conflict, with satellite images showing earlier damage to the complex.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that eliminating Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons is a key U.S. objective in the war.
The Natanz nuclear facility was previously targeted in a U.S.-Israeli attack on March 2.
The nuclear facility was one of three sites targeted by U.S. strikes in June last year during the conflict with Iran, alongside Fordow and Isfahan.
The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began Feb. 28, with Tehran retaliating with repeated drone and missile strikes targeting Israel and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets.
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