Iran’s IAEA ambassador says Natanz was among sites hit in US-Israeli strikes


Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that the Natanz nuclear facility was one of the sites affected by attacks on Iranian nuclear installations.
Asked which facilities were hit, Reza Najafi said “Natanz,” highlighting damage to the uranium enrichment site that has been at the center of Iran’s nuclear programme.

Israel will begin reopening its airspace later on Monday in a “controlled, monitored, and coordinated manner,” the military’s Home Front Command said.
Air traffic will resume in line with a situational assessment, it said.
Israel’s airspace has been closed since the start of the conflict with Iran on Saturday morning.
Israel and the United States have set no timeline for their joint military campaign against Iran, Israel’s foreign minister said on Sunday, describing the strikes that began on Saturday as an effort to weaken the country’s leadership.
Speaking to Euronews, Gideon Sa'ar said the operation would continue without a fixed end date.
“So there is no time like the operation there. There is no timeline that you're looking at. There is no timeline of this operation. Now, we hadn't gave to ourselves timeline,” Sa’ar said.
“Naturally, we want it to be as short as possible. This is clear. But we didn't put to ourselves any timeline,” he added.
Sa’ar described the campaign as coordinated fully with Washington.
“It’s not that they [the United States] support us. They are working with us hand in hand, working together to achieve the same goals we are. It's, it's a, it's a mutual operation,” he said.
Minister urges Iranians to shape future
Sa’ar framed the offensive as aimed at countering what he described as long-term threats to Israel while opening space for change inside Iran.
“I also tell the Iranian people they have an opportunity now. They have an opportunity to regain their freedom, which was denied by this murderous regime that repressed them so cruelly. And I hope they will be able to do it,” he said.
Sa’ar said Israel would not attempt to choose Iran’s next leadership.
“We are not, we are not intervening with who will be the next leader of Iran. That will be decided by the Iranian people themselves, hopefully in like free elections, that's the best thing that can happen,” he said.
“Our only requirement is that anyone who will be in power will not work to eliminate the state of Israel. This is enough for us,” he added.
Sa’ar confirmed that the strikes resulted in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whom he said directed repression at home and backed armed groups hostile to Israel.

“He was the supreme leader of Iran but it was a mega terrorist personally gave order for terror actions around the world,” Sa’ar said.
Sa’ar rejected criticism that the operation violates international law.
“This is totally justified by international law because international law justifies self-defense and someone who is… swearing and acting in order to eliminate another state. This state shouldn't wait until it will happen,” he said.
Duration uncertain
Sa’ar declined to predict how long the campaign would last.
“I don't want to be a prophet and to say how many days we are decisive to reach,” he said.
The Israeli military said on Sunday it would mobilize 100,000 reservists as strikes continue.
Sa’ar argued that any political shift in Iran would depend on domestic will rather than outside orchestration.
“Something is the most important thing here is connected to the will of the Iranian people. It's not something you can orchestrate from outside when you don't have a real will of the Iranian people,” he said.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday there was no indication that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been damaged.
“Regarding the status of the nuclear installations in Iran, up to now, we have no indication that any of the nuclear installations, including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, the Tehran Research Reactor or other nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been damaged or hit,” Grossi said.
He added that efforts to contact Iranian nuclear regulatory authorities were ongoing, “with no response so far,” and said he hoped an “indispensable channel of communication can be reestablished as soon as possible.”
Grossi reiterated his call for “maximum restraint to avoid further escalation,” adding: “We must return to diplomacy and negotiations.”
“So far, no elevation of radiation levels above the usual background levels has been detected in countries bordering Iran,” Grossi said. “The situation today is very concerning, we cannot rule out a possible radiological release with serious consequences, including the necessity to evacuate areas as large or larger than major cities,” he added.
Britain is setting up support systems to help evacuate its citizens from the Persian Gulf and is sending rapid deployment teams to the region, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday.
Cooper told Sky News the government was working with the travel industry and considering evacuation options if necessary, noting that about 300,000 British nationals live in the region.
She said Britain wanted airspace to reopen and was coordinating with partners to assist departures.
Iran’s internet blackout surpassed 48 hours on Monday, NetBlocks said, leaving much of the country unable to communicate as the conflict in the region widened.
The London-based monitoring group said Iran’s connectivity had fallen to near-total levels, limiting access to online services and contact with relatives outside the country.
"Shutdowns are a go-to tactic for the regime, with the previous instance in January lasting several weeks and masking severe human rights violations," NetBlocks said on X.