The International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday it believes Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Natanz enrichment site have had “direct impacts” on the facility’s underground centrifuge halls.

Israel stunned and hobbled Iran last week when it pulled off an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision.

There appear to have been "direct impacts" on the underground part of Iran's Natanz nuclear site during Israel's attacks, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog said on Tuesday. "Based on continued analysis of high resolution satellite imagery collected after Friday's attacks,

When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Explosions rang out across Iran’s capital as Israel claimed it was attacking the country. People in Tehran, Iran, awoke to the sound of the

DUBAI — Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran’s nuclear program, which could provide an offramp, were canceled.

Explosions reported in capital Tehran as Israeli Defence Minister announces "pre-emptive strikes" and announces state of emergency

Shares of energy companies fell as traders bet that Israel and Iran would step back from the brink of a full-scale regional war. Crude oil futures shed 1.7% to close at $71.77 a barrel in New York. Oil prices briefly dipped below the psychologically significant $70-per-barrel level after The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian leaders indicated they were open to returning to nuclear negotiations as long as the U.