Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility has been hit in an air strike, the official Iranian news agency Mizan reported. Natanz, Iran’s main enrichment site, was hit in the first week of the war and several buildings appeared damaged, according to satellite images. (PA Graphics)The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog had said that “no radiological consequence” was expected from that earlier strike. Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced more than one million, according to the Lebanese government. The newly announced US pause in sanctions applies to Iranian oil loaded on ships as of Friday and is set to end on April 19.

Source: Irish Examiner March 21, 2026 16:06 UTC