Two key facilities involved in the production of centrifuge components for Iran’s nuclear program have been destroyed in Israeli airstrikes near Tehran, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

In a statement released Wednesday, the UN nuclear watchdog confirmed that the targeted sites — the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Research Center — were both struck during recent Israeli military operations.

The agency noted that both facilities had been under IAEA monitoring and verification in line with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers.

“The IAEA has information that two centrifuge production facilities in Iran, the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Research Center, were hit,” the agency said in a post on X. It further confirmed a separate strike on another Tehran-based site, which was reportedly used for the manufacturing and testing of advanced centrifuge rotors.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli military acknowledged the strikes, stating that the operation was intended to hinder Iran’s nuclear weapons development efforts.

“As part of the broad effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear weapons development programme, a centrifuge production facility in Tehran was targeted,” the Israeli Defense Forces said.

Centrifuges are critical components in the uranium enrichment process — a technology that can be used for peaceful energy production but also has the potential to produce weapons-grade material if enriched to higher levels.

The developments mark a sharp escalation in regional tensions and raise new concerns over the future of nuclear non-proliferation efforts in the Middle East.