Natanz nuclear site damaged in attack amid escalating Iran conflict; IAEA confirms

Key Highlights

• The damage follows strikes on Monday by a combined US-Israeli force, which, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), targeted Natanz and severely damaged at least three buildings.
• The attacks aimed to degrade Iranian air defences and maintain air superiority over western Iran and Tehran.
• “The combined force struck the Natanz Nuclear Facility in Esfahan Province on 2 March, marking the first attack on an Iranian nuclear site since the start of the US-Israeli campaign on 28 February,” ISW said.
• It also noted that other strikes targeted internal security sites responsible for suppressing protests and disseminating regime propaganda.
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