The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is monitoring and assessing Israeli attacks on nuclear sites in the Iran, warning of possible consequences for human health and the environment.

In an update on 19 June the agency’s director-general Rafael Grossi said armed attacks on nuclear facilities could result in radioactive releases with grave consequences within and beyond the boundaries of the state which has been attacked.

In a statement to the agency’s board of governors on 13 June Grossi referred to numerous IAEA resolutions on the topic of military attacks against nuclear facilities. Those resolutions say that “any armed attack on and threat against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and the statute of the agency”.