{"id":2582401,"date":"2026-03-21T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iaea-says-no-radiation-leaked-from-natanz-after-iran-claims-facility-was-struck\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:52:59","slug":"iaea-says-no-radiation-leaked-from-natanz-after-iran-claims-facility-was-struck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iaea-says-no-radiation-leaked-from-natanz-after-iran-claims-facility-was-struck\/","title":{"rendered":"IAEA says no radiation leaked from Natanz after Iran claims facility was struck"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiaea-says-no-radiation-leaked-from-natanz-after-iran-claims-facility-was-struck%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington Examiner reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there has been no increase in off-site radiation at Iran\u2019s Natanz nuclear facility, despite Iran claiming the site was hit in an airstrike. Iran\u2019s Tasnim agency asserted Natanz was attacked by a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, but Israel denied involvement, and the IAEA is investigating the report while calling for military restraint to avoid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-n-y-nuclear-power-plant-to-cease-operation-friday\/\" title=\"Controversial N.Y. nuclear power plant to cease operation Friday\">nuclear accident<\/a>. The article notes this incident comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-let-suspected-terrorists-slip-over-the-border-now-dems-are-starving-dhs\/\" title=\"Amid Greater Threats To The Homeland, Democrats Starve DHS\">amid ongoing strikes<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-are-we-prepared-for-cyber-war\/\" title=\"PINKERTON: Are We Prepared For Cyber War?\">iranian nuclear facilities<\/a> since the U.S. and Israel began military operations against Iran\u2019s program in late February, including a prior Natanz attack in the war\u2019s first week and the June 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer.Russia condemned the attack, with officials describing it as a breach of international law and warning of broader regional danger, a stance echoed by the Associated Press.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">IAEA says no radiation leaked from Natanz after Iran claims facility was struck<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2537863\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"110\">United Nations<\/a> nuclear safety watchdog said on Saturday that no radiation has been leaked from the premises of the Natanz Nuclear Facility after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> said the site was hit in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/airstrikes\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1627\">airstrike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the latest targeted strike on an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran-nuclear-program\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4485\">Iranian nuclear facility<\/a> since the United States and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> began their military operations against the Islamic regime and its nuclear program on Feb. 28. A joint  U.S.-Israel strike hit Natanz in the first week of the war, targeting the central site of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-slam-nominee-for-top-defense-post\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Slam Nominee for Top Defense Post\">nuclear enrichment program<\/a> off the bat, 9 months after U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bunker buster bombs hit<\/a> the facility in June 2025&rsquo;s Operation Midnight Hammer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/4497083\/brent-crude-oil-prices-surge-again-nearing-120\/\">Brent crude oil prices surge again, nearing $120<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4497030\/gas-prices-increases-to-3-884-per-gallon-nearly-30-cents-higher-than-a-week-ago\/\">Gas prices: Increases to $3.88 per gallon, nearly 30 cents higher than a week ago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4496516\/georgia-suspend-state-gas-tax-iran-war\/\">Georgia seeks to suspend state gas tax amid price uncertainty from Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iaea\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2663\">International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a> said Iran informed the agency that the Natanz facility was attacked again on Saturday, but did not specify by which country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No increase in off-site radiation levels reported. IAEA is looking into the report. IAEA Director General @rafaelmgrossi reiterates call for military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident,&rdquo; the IAEA statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&rsquo;s Tasnim media agency, which is associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/natanz-enrichment-facility-targeted-us-israeli-attack-irans-tasnim-says-2026-03-21\/\">said<\/a> that Natanz was hit by a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Saturday. But the Israel Defense Forces <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/idf-denies-role-in-natanz-strike-wont-comment-on-us-activity\/\">has denied<\/a> launching the strike on Natanz. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the Pentagon, U.S. Central Command, and the White House for comment on Iranian reports of an airstrike on Natanz.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, which has many ties to Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program, has condemned the attack on Natanz, just as it condemned a projectile launched at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4495176\/iran-war-nuclear-power-plant-hit\/\">IRAN SAYS PROJECTILE HIT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AS IAEA CHIEF URGES &lsquo;MAXIMUM RESTRAINT&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the Natanz attack poses &ldquo;real risk of catastrophic disaster throughout the Middle East.&rdquo; She said they were &ldquo;clearly aimed at further undermining peace, stability, and security in the region,&rdquo; according to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/iran-war-israel-trump-03-21-2026#0000019d-10a1-d559-afdd-5bf13c340000\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a blatant violation of international law,&rdquo; Zakharova said, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/russia-condemns-attack-on-irans-natanz-facility\/\">according<\/a> to <em>The<\/em> <em>Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IAEA: Natanz no radiation; Iran says facility struck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2582402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/natanz-after-pic-crater-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57139,3823,76291,10531,50590],"class_list":["post-2582401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iaea","tag-iran","tag-natanz","tag-radiation","tag-strike-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/natanz-after-pic-crater-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582405,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582401\/revisions\/2582405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}