No sign of breach at key N-site at Natanz: IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)-the United Nations' atomic watchdog-said on Friday that there's no indication of increased radiation levels at Iran's main uranium-enrichment site, an early sign that Israel's strikes haven't penetrated the containment layers protecting the Islamic Republic's nuclear stockpile.

Iranian authorities told the IAEA they haven't observed higher radiation doses at the Natanz facility, located about 300 kilometers south of Tehran. Israel hasn't carried out raids against Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on the shore of the Persian Gulf, the authorities said. Neither Iran's heavily-protected enrichment site at Fordow, 200 kilometers south of Tehran, or its uranium-conversion facility, 400 kilometers south of the capital, were hit, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement.

The Israeli Air Force said in a statement that the Natanz strike hit an underground multistory chamber with centrifuges, electrical rooms and other infrastructure. Targets included equipment key to the site functioning, it said. Israel's military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said that the Natanz facility suffered significant damage.