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US targets three nuclear facilities in Iran with airstrikes

The images by Planet Labs PBC show the once-brown mountain had parts turned grey and its contours appeared slightly different than in previous images, suggesting a blast threw up debris around the site

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A residential neighbourhood in Tel Aviv hit by an Iranian missile yesterday. Pics/AFP

A residential neighbourhood in Tel Aviv hit by an Iranian missile yesterday. Pics/AFP

Satellite images taken Sunday analysed by The Associated Press show damage on the mountainside at Iran’s underground nuclear site at Fordo after US airstrikes targeted the facility. The images by Planet Labs PBC show the once-brown mountain had parts turned grey and its contours appeared slightly different than in previous images, suggesting a blast threw up debris around the site.

That suggests the use of specialised American bunker buster bombs on the facility. Light gray smoke also hung in the air. Other satellite images suggest Iran before the strike sealed up its tunnel entrances at Fordo.

IAEA meet called

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has convened an emergency meeting in light of the developments taking place in West Asia, its Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Sunday. IAEA confirmed that there has been no reported increase in off-site radiation levels following strikes on the three key nuclear sites in Iran, including the underground enrichment facility at Fordo.

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