Iran claims no nuclear leakage detected so far at the sites attacked by the US: On Friday, before the latest bombings, Director General Rafael Grossi said radioactive release could endanger the public in Iran.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has called for a crisis meeting at its Vienna headquarters after the US bombings on Iran's nuclear sites, the agency has signalled in a post on X.
Director General of IAEA Rafael Grossi has cancelled a trip to Brussels on Monday, where he had planned to take part in a meeting of the EU's foreign ministers. Instead he will remain in Vienna where the IAEA’s Board of Governors will now meet for extraordinary talks on the situation.
Overnight, US planes bombed several Iranian nuclear sites, including Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow.
Iran's National Nuclear Safety System Centre said in a statement that no radioactive releases had been detected after the bombings.
“There is no danger to the residents living around the aforementioned sites,” the statement said.
The IAEA confirmed in a post on X that no increase in off-site radiation levels has been reported.
Costa alarmed by developments
Shortly after the bombings, EU Council president Antonio Costa posted a statement on X where he highlighted nuclear safety. "I call on all parties to show restraint and respect for international law and nuclear safety," Costa said.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the US attacks Iran now has the legal right to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Head of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Abbas Golroo told Tasnim News Agency, a semi-official outlet in Iran associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The treaty aims to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.