Iran shuts financial markets amid conflict with Israel

New satellite imagery appears to show damage outside the Fordow nuclear site in Iran, The Times of Israel reported on Monday, citing images released by US geospatial intelligence firm Planet Labs.

The report said that before-and-after pictures show what may have been the collapse of a retaining wall on the side of the mountain, alongside a road that rings the edge of the underground nuclear facility, which is buried deep beneath the mountain.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations in Vienna said Monday that expecting Tehran to continue its voluntary commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is “unjustified” while its treaty rights are ignored and its nuclear sites are targeted by a non-member state.

The statement, cited by Iranian state media, comes amid growing internal calls for Iran to withdraw from the NPT. On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that parliament is preparing a bill to leave the treaty, while reiterating Iran’s opposition to weapons of mass destruction.

Separately, a member of parliament’s national security committee said the draft bill could be introduced as early as Tuesday.

Iranian media reported an explosion on the Tehran–Qom highway, forcing vehicles to change course. An Israeli airstrike also targeted an area near Shahrak-e Gharb in western Tehran, according to videos received by Iran International.

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization says flight cancellations will remain in effect until 02:00 local time Tuesday (22:30 GMT Monday), according to Mehr News.

Israel's military said that it had struck around 100 military targets in central Iran on Sunday, including dismantling more than 20 surface-to-surface missiles minutes before their planned launch toward Israeli territory.

According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), roughly 50 fighter jets and aircraft participated in the operation, focusing on missile storage facilities and launchers in and around the city of Isfahan.

“With this, we can now say that one-third of the Iranian regime’s missile launchers have been dismantled,” the IDF said in a statement posted on X.

The announcement comes after Iranian state media reported that air defense systems engaged and destroyed incoming projectiles near the Natanz nuclear facility overnight.