Based on continued analysis of high resolution satellite imagery collected after Friday’s attacks, the IAEA has identified additional elements that indicate direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz,

The major step is the culmination of several festering stand-offs between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.

Investing.com -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported Tuesday that it has identified "direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz" following recent Israeli strikes on Iran.

Iran says it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, ratcheting up tensions with the U.N. immediately after its atomic watchdog censured Iran for failing to comply with obligations meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

The International Atomic Energy Agency declared Iran was in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations by failing cooperate with an probe into undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple sites.