Natanz

Iran claims Natanz nuclear facility struck, IDF says 'unaware' of attack

The IDF told The Jerusalem Post that it was not aware of an Israeli strike targeting Natanz.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, SAM HALPERN
A satellite image shows a closer view of a destroyed vehicle at the Pickaxe Mountain facility in Natanz, Iran, March 7, 2026.
Global antisemitism is spurring some immigration to Israel, but more people left the country in the past two years than arrived.

Lessons from Iran’s brain drain: Expert warns emigration puts Israel’s security at risk

According to Barak Gonen, Tehran lost the technological advantage it once held largely due to emigration, with the number of Iranian students abroad reaching a record high in 2024.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A model of a centrifuge is displayed during the 46th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025

Witkoff: Iran openly admitted to having enough 60% enriched uranium to create nuclear material

Iran claims it possesses 460kg of 60% enriched uranium, enough to build nuclear weapons in a few years. Notably, Iran would have needed at least two years to actually make a nuclear bomb. 

|ByJAMES GENN
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi gives a press statement in Vienna, March 2, 2026; illustrative.

IAEA confirms entrances to Iran's Natanz enrichment plant were bombed

There is no expected radiological consequence from the fallout of the strike on Natanz, the IAEA stated.

|ByREUTERS

My Word: Positive nuclear exposure and fallout

The destruction of the Natanz plant was widely attributed to Israel and certain Israeli leaders did not make an effort to deny the allegations.

APRIL 15, 2021ByLIAT COLLINS
Missiles are displayed during Iran’s National Army Day parade in Tehran in September 2019.

Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid enrichment, Natanz attack

"We will have to see how in the coming days we address these violations with the will to press ahead in the talks."

APRIL 15, 2021ByREUTERS
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Iran has begun 60% uranium enrichment - chief nuclear negotiator

Araqchi also announced that Iran will introduce 1,000 more centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility.

APRIL 14, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, YONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Day 3 after Natanz: Iran reiterates 'right' to retaliate

This “reserves the right” story about retaliation appears to be a dialing back of Iran’s claims it would retaliate.

APRIL 13, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei surrounded by military officials