The UN nuclear agency confirmed on Saturday that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop at Iran's Isfahan nuclear site had been hit in the latest strike amid Israel's bombing campaign.
"A centrifuge manufacturing workshop has been hit in Esfahan, the third such facility that has been targeted in Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear-related sites over the past week," the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement quoting its chief, Rafael Grossi.
"We know this facility well. There was no nuclear material at this site and therefore the attack on it will have no radiological consequences," Grossi was quoted as saying
Tensions escalated in the region early Saturday as Israeli airstrikes reportedly targeted multiple locations in central Iran, including the cities of Qom and Isfahan. According to Iranian state media, two people were killed and four others injured in an attack on the city of Qom.
Iranian television described the strike, which reportedly hit an apartment building in the Salarieh district of Qom, as a "terrorist attack." Israeli media outlets, however, characterized the operation as a precision strike, claiming it resulted in the assassination of a prominent figure associated with Salarieh.
Simultaneously, Iranian outlets reported at least ten explosions in Isfahan province, suggesting a broader Israeli operation. The Israeli military confirmed that its air force carried out strikes on missile facilities in central Iran.
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