U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Agency Confirms U.S. Airstrike Disabled Iran’s Centrifuges: 'Enormous Damage'

U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Agency Confirms U.S. Airstrike Disabled Iran’s Centrifuges: ‘Enormous Damage’


International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Thursday that Iran’s heavily-fortified uranium enrichment plant at Fordow is “no longer operational” after a massive U.S. airstrike.

Grossi told Radio France International (RFI) that he thought “destroyed” or “annihilated” might be a bit “too much” to describe the current state of Iran’s nuclear program, but “it has suffered enormous damage.”

“The attacks that began on June 13 caused very significant physical damage at three sites: Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, where Iran had concentrated most of its uranium enrichment and conversion abilities,” he said.

“There are other nuclear sites in Iran that have not been hit,” he added. “I know there is much debate about the degree of annihilation, total destruction, etc. What

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