IAEA assesses damage to Iran's nuclear facilities

.@RafaelMGrossi has welcomed today’s announcements regarding situation in Iran; stressed need for resumption of IAEA’s indispensable safeguards verification work in 🇮🇷 following a 12-day military conflict that severely damaged several of its nuclear sites: bit.ly/3FUM8VY pic.x.com/UIg8svqR8n

I wrote up the @rafaelmgrossi comments on “enormous damage” to Iranian nuclear sites. But also added the critical context. He is not speaking based on new info. He was talking about agency analysis based on same satelite imagery of what would have happened. He also pushed back-1-

Remember amid this fight over intel assessments, over and above damage to Iran nuke program. Israel penetration of Iran leadership and program was and likely remains among its greatest assets. For Iran, crossing nuclear threshold has always been a risk reward exercise. -1-

New satellite images have revealed new signs of damage to access routes and tunnels at Iran's Fordo enrichment facility, damage to tunnel entrances at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre, and craters covered with dirt at the Natanz enrichment complex. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr3xxdrynko