IAEA Confirms Iran Fordow Centrifuges Disabled After US Strikes

The United States conducted airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities with the objective of destroying Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and preventing the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as stated in a letter to the UN Security Council. Acting US Ambassador Dorothy Shea emphasized that the strikes were justified as collective self-defense under the UN Charter. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi confirmed that centrifuges at Iran's Fordow enrichment plant are no longer operational due to significant physical damage from the strikes, which involved powerful bunker-buster bombs. While Grossi acknowledged the damage as enormous and the strikes as a severe setback to Iran's nuclear program, he cautioned that claims of total annihilation were overstated. Intelligence assessments suggest the damage may delay Iran's enrichment program by months but not years, with Iran's enriched uranium stockpile largely intact. President Trump asserted that the facilities were obliterated, countering media reports and some intelligence assessments that described the damage as moderate to severe but not complete destruction.