{"id":1364254,"date":"2026-03-02T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/nuclear-facility-hit-during-us-israeli-operation-iranian-official\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:35:38","slug":"nuclear-facility-hit-during-us-israeli-operation-iranian-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/nuclear-facility-hit-during-us-israeli-operation-iranian-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear facility hit during US-Israeli operation &#8211; Iranian official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran&#8217;s ambassador to the UN nuclear agency said that a nuclear facility was hit during a US and Israeli military operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/iran-says-natanz-nuclear-site-hit-us-israeli-strikes-2026-03-02\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was reported by<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Reuters news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYesterday they again attacked Iran&#8217;s peaceful nuclear facilities that are under protection,\u201d the ambassador said at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Directors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, a facility in the Iranian city of Natanz was hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as IAEA chief Rafael Grossi noted, there is currently no indication that any nuclear facilities in Iran have been damaged,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Times of India<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/israel-iran-war-news-live-udates-conflict-attack-middle-east-state-of-emergency-explosions-tehran-gulf-countries-trump-us-ali-khamenei\/liveblog\/128933029.cms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quoted<\/span><\/a> him as saying.<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official called the situation in the Middle East \u201cvery worrying.\u201d He called on the parties to \u201cexercise maximum restraint\u201d to avoid further escalation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIran and many other countries in the region that have been subjected to military attacks have operating nuclear power plants and research nuclear reactors, as well as associated fuel storage facilities, which increases the threat to nuclear security,\u201d Grossi emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As he noted, one should not ignore the potential consequences of a possible radiological release, including the need to evacuate large areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe IAEA has in-depth knowledge of the nature and location of nuclear and radiological materials in the region, and we have clear guidance on the actions required in the event of an attack or accident that would cause a radiological release,\u201d the head of the atomic energy agency added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Recall that on February 28, Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/izrail-zavdav-preventyvnykh-udariv-po-iranu-i-khezbolli-v-livani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as well as attacked Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon<\/a> . A state of emergency was declared throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p> It later emerged that the strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/udary-po-iranu-ie-spilnoiu-operatsiieiu-izrailiu-ta-ssha-zmi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran were a joint operation between Israel and the US<\/a> . After that, US President Donald Trump confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tramp-pidtverdyv-udary-ssha-po-iranu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States had launched a military campaign in Iran<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s ambassador to the UN nuclear agency said that a nuclear facility was hit during a US and Israeli military operation. This was reported by the Reuters news agency. \u201cYesterday they again attacked Iran&#8217;s peaceful nuclear facilities that are under protection,\u201d the ambassador said at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Directors. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1363608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1364254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}