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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Natanz

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 16, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
June 29, 2025, 4:43 am
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says
UN nuclear watchdog doesn’t know where Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles are being kept or how much was destroyed in attacks, Grossi tells CBS News
By AFP and ToI Staff
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin speaks at a press conference at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 25, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF assesses Iran’s nuclear program set back years, but ‘too early’ to know for sure
Trump says US intelligence ‘very inconclusive’ about strikes, but ‘it could’ve been very severe’; IAEA says working to inspect, as Iran’s parliament votes to quit cooperating with UN watchdog
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
US envoy Steve Witkoff appears on Fox News' 'Laura Ingraham Show,' on June 24, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 25, 2025, 9:19 am
Witkoff: US, Iran seeking ‘peace deal,’ strikes set Tehran’s nuke program back years
Trump’s envoy tells Fox News that reporting the US may not have destroyed Iran’s underground nuclear sites is ‘preposterous,’ says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi agrees with his assessment
By ToI Staff and Agencies
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 22, 2025 using handout satellite images released by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom on on June 19, 2025 (top), and Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site June 22, 2025 (bottom). (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 5:29 am
Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordo in US strikes, but doubts remain
6 holes seen punched into mountain above Iran’s deep nuclear plant, after series of bunker-busting bombs dropped; experts worry that nuclear material was moved prior to the attack
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies, and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 9:00 pm
Extent of damage to Fordo, whereabouts of uranium unclear after nuke sites hit
IAEA chief says major destruction seen at Isfahan and Natanz, but not possible to assess at subterranean Fordo; Rubio claims enriched material was not moved away – analysts disagree
By AFP and ToI Staff
This combination of pictures created on June 14, 2025, shows a handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 14, 2025, of a closeup view the Natanz nuclear facilities near Ahmadabad in Iran, before an Israeli strike (top) and another closeup view taken on June 14, 2025, after an Israeli strike. (AFP Photo/ Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
June 22, 2025, 10:48 am
What to know about the three Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by US strikes
The Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan facilities, integral to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, were repeatedly hit in covert attacks
By AP
This photo released November 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
June 17, 2025, 6:57 pm
IAEA says Israeli strike directly hit Iran’s Natanz underground enrichment plant
UN nuclear watchdog adjusts earlier assessment after initially reporting that the site had only been hit indirectly; says no changes to report at Isfahan and Fordo facilities
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)
June 16, 2025, 11:05 pm
IAEA: All 15,000 centrifuges at Iran’s main enrichment plant likely ‘severely damaged’
Damage at Natanz believed to be result of airstrike on the facility’s power supply, leading to an outage, which in turn harmed fragile machines that spin at extremely high speeds
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows the Natanz nuclear facilities near Ahmadabad, Iran after IDF airstrikes on June 15, 2025. (Handout / Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 16, 2025, 6:32 pm
UN nuclear agency warns of contamination inside Iran’s Natanz site after IDF strikes
IAEA chief Grossi says damage may have caused internal leak of toxic uranium hexafluoride gas, which could cause death if inhaled, but says radiation outside facility is unchanged
By AP and ToI Staff
This image grab taken from footage broadcast by Iran's IRINN news on June 13, 2025 shows what the television described as smoke billowing from explosions in Natanz after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. (IRINN / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 3:02 am
Damage to Iranian nuclear sites so far doesn’t appear significant, say experts
They note there is no visible evidence yet that Israel has hit underground facilities; head of UN atomic watchdog reports above-ground enrichment plant at Natanz was blown up
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina
Social media video shows Iran’s Natanz facility for uranium enrichment after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes early on June 13, 2025, with Israeli defense officials assessing the damage was significant. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 13, 2025, 2:10 pm
IDF says it partly destroyed Natanz nuclear facility, Iran says no jump in radiation
Israeli defense officials believe damage to major facility is significant, while other enrichment facility at Fordo, nuclear sites in Isfahan, Busheir reportedly not targeted
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 13, 2025, 11:02 am
Explainer: The handful of facilities at the core of Iran’s nuclear program
Natanz enrichment site, which operates dozens of centrifuges, is a confirmed target of Israel’s overnight attack; Iran also has nuclear sites near Qom, in Isfahan and elsewhere
By AFP
A handout picture made available by the Iranian IRGC office on January 11, 2025, shows Hossein Salami, left, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Guard's air force, touring an underground missile base in an undisclosed location in Iran. (IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS WEBSITE / AFP)
January 12, 2025, 12:54 pm
Iran expands military drills to two more nuclear sites in country’s west and center
Army and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard exercises, initially focused on Natanz enrichment plant, now held at Fordo and Khondab nuclear facilities, state media reports
By AFP and ToI Staff
Footage shows Iran beginning air defense drills, near the Natanz nuclear site in Central Iran, January 7, 2025. (IRIB/AFP)
January 7, 2025, 7:48 pm
Iran steps up air defense drills near key nuclear site amid Israeli, US threats
Drills come after Israel said to have destroyed much of Iran’s air defenses in recent strikes and US to have examined plans to attack should Iran attempt a breakout to the bomb
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 19, 2024, 8:22 pm
Iran offers to cap enriched uranium stock if UN watchdog scraps censure
European powers set to admonish regime at IAEA meet for lack of cooperation with inspectors; stockpile of 60% enriched uranium has grown in recent months, despite int’l demands
By Agencies
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