The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Wednesday that two buildings used for manufacturing centrifuge components for Iran’s nuclear programme have been destroyed in Karaj, a city just outside Tehran.
The UN body’s statement came shortly after the Israeli military announced a series of airstrikes targeting sites in and around the Iranian capital.
“The IAEA has information indicating that two centrifuge production facilities in Iran—the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Research Centre—were struck,” the agency said in a message on X.
Both sites had been under IAEA monitoring and verification as part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agency added.
In a further strike on a Tehran site, “one building involved in the manufacturing and testing of advanced centrifuge rotors was hit,” the IAEA noted on X.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli military issued a statement outlining its air raid near Tehran. “As part of the extensive operation to hinder Iran’s nuclear weapons development, a centrifuge production facility in Tehran was targeted,” it said.
Centrifuges are crucial for the uranium enrichment process, which can produce fuel for nuclear reactors or, when extended, material for nuclear weapons.
