UPDATE:

Reuters: Iran One Step Away from Closing the Strait of Hormuz, Alarm for Global Trade
Iran’s parliament has initially approved a proposal to close the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz — the maritime passage through which nearly 20% of global oil and gas trade flows. According to the same report, the final decision will be made by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, while no timeline or definitive implementation of the plan has yet been announced.

Strong Messages from the Pentagon Briefing:
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described the U.S. operation as an “unbelievable and overwhelming success,” adding, “when the President of the United States speaks, the world listens.”

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Many questions are being raised in the wake of the US attack on Iran‘s nuclear facilities as the hours pass and more evidence comes to light.

Donald Trump may have claimed to have destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program, but Iran claims it had caught up and had transported the enriched uranium before the attack.

Trump called the US military strikes on the three Iranian nuclear facilities a “spectacular military success”. “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally eliminated,” Trump said in his first public remarks since the strikes.

We moved enriched uranium to a secret location before the US bombings, Iranians say

Most of the highly enriched uranium stored at the Fordo facility was moved shortly before the airstrike, according to information cited by Reuters.

As reported by the agency, a senior Iranian source said the material was moved to an unknown location, without giving further details. At the same time, the same source said, the plant’s staff was also significantly reduced before the attack.

Satellite images of Fordo, taken yesterday and the day before yesterday, reveal queues of trucks lined up outside the complex, reinforcing the theory that Iranian authorities had taken precautionary measures to transport the sensitive nuclear material.

The move may explain why the damage caused by the US strikes was not accompanied by material spills or other dangerous consequences, although the full picture of the damage remains unknown.

IHRC: No serious radioactive leak in Isfahan bombing

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced today that the recent US bombings at the Isfahan in Iran hit six buildings, which, according to its assessment, contained little or no nuclear material.

As noted in the Agency’s official statement, the targeted facilities either contained no nuclear material at all, or had “small amounts of natural or low-enriched uranium.”Therefore, radioactive contamination is described as limited and is only found in the buildings that were damaged or destroyed.

The Vienna-based IAEA is closely following developments in Iran and stresses the importance of transparency and protection of nuclear facilities, regardless of geopolitical conflicts. It is noted that four buildings in the same complex had already been destroyed by previous strikes.