The above-ground pilot enrichment plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear site has been destroyed, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday on Israel's strikes on Iran.

Columns of smoke rose Friday over Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz after Israeli strikes on the country.

Israeli defense officials believe damage to major facility is significant, while other enrichment facility at Fordo, nuclear sites in Isfahan, Busheir reportedly not targeted

Addressing the UN Security Council, IAEA chief stated that while the underground centrifuge halls at Natanz remain intact, the above-ground infrastructure was destroyed, resulting in contamination at the site.

However, the IDF has so far not attacked from the air against the Fordow nuclear facility, which lies underneath a mountain.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed radiation and chemical pollution after Israeli attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told

Iran’s state news agency IRNA said hundreds of ballistic missiles had been launched in retaliation for Israel’s biggest ever attacks on Iran, blasting Iran’s huge underground nuclear site at Natanz an

A strike on a live nuclear reactor could unleash radioactive leakage capable of endangering civilian populations hundreds of kilometers away, depending on the severity of the breach.