The Latest Breaking News from the International Atomic Energy Agency

Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, tens of thousands of people perished in deaths whose descriptions often defy comprehension.

Iran said Saturday its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency "will take on a new form", expressing a desire for a diplomatic solution to resolve concerns over its nuclear programme.

Tehran has rejected request for Rafael Grossi to visit nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and US during conflict.

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran’s nuclear sites have suffered major damage in recent Israeli airstrikes – but the country’s atomic programme is not completely destroyed. Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told RFI he wants inspectors to return to Iran…

The development came as Tehran accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of failing to condemn recent strikes on its nuclear facilities.

Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived pursuit of the ultimate weapon. We have been here before, about 44 years ago.

Top Trump advisers have struck a more cautious tone than the president, who claims that a volley of missiles and bunker-buster bombs obliterated three Iranian nuclear sites

IAEA’s Grossi and Security Council members urge diplomacy as Israel strikes at heart of Iran’s nuclear capability.

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