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U.N. nuclear watchdog calls Israel-Iran attacks 'deeply concerning'

Iran retaliated - and Israel and Iran risked all-out war - after IAEA board's found Tehran breached nonproliferation duties.

IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at the board meeting in Vienna.
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at the board meeting in Vienna. (Dean Calma/IAEA)

A day after Iran's censure by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Israel launched a series of precise attacks on Tehran's nuclear program and military leaders, and Iran launched 100 drones in retaliation, risking all-out regional war.

Aiming to prevent a nuclear-armed adversary, Israel on Friday targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz and the country’s ballistic missile program, and killed General Hossein Salami, leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, and other top military officials and scientists. 

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