Nuclear facilities in Iran remained intact, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Friday after explosions erupted near a major airbase in Isfahan, TRT World reports.
The agency said on X on Friday:
“IAEA can confirm that there is no damage to #Iran’s nuclear sites.”
Director General Rafael Grossi continues to call on everyone to exercise extreme restraint and reiterates that nuclear facilities should never be the target of military conflict, the report added. The agency said it was monitoring the situation very closely.
According to US and Iranian media reports, Israel struck Iranian territory using ballistic missiles, but none of the reports named the targets. The strike was in response to an unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel over the weekend.
Iran’s official state television confirmed “powerful explosions” in the central province of Isfahan but said nuclear facilities were not affected. Mehr news agency reported that three drones were destroyed in the skies over Isfahan province.
Isfahan, located around 350km south of capital Tehran, is considered to be a strategically important region and home to Iran’s several nuclear sites along with a major military air base.
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the reported attack, but said a security meeting was underway at the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.
Iran launched an air attack on Israel on Saturday in retaliation for an April 1 airstrike on its diplomatic embassy in the Syrian capital. It reportedly fired more than 300 drones and missiles, but almost all of them were intercepted by the air defence systems of Israel and its allies the US, France and Britain. Israel has vowed to retaliate against Iranian targets.
