UN watchdog calls for restraint as Iran says US attacked unfinished
IAEA director Rafael Grossi reiterated his ‘call for military restraint in the vicinity of all nuclear-related sites’
July 19, 2026 15:04
TEHRAN: The UN’s nuclear watchdog called for restraint on Sunday after Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the United States had attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest.
The US and Iran have been trading escalating attacks for days, and Washington carried out fresh airstrikes on Sunday to “punish” Iran for the deaths of two US service members in Jordan on Friday — its first reported losses since the return to open hostilities in the Middle East war.
