The US and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility, Tehran’s state media reports. No radiation leakage was reported, it confirmed, and residents near the site are not at risk.

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) has since confirmed that the facility in central Iran was targeted by strikes this morning. In a statement, the organisation said that “technical and specialist assessments” regarding radioactive contamination had been carried out and, based on the results, “no leakage of radioactive materials has been reported at this facility, and there is no danger to residents of the surrounding areas.” The organisation condemned the attack, saying that it is in “violation of the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) and other regulations related to nuclear safety and security.”

The semi-official Mehr ‌news agency reported that Iran had earlier fired two ballistic missiles at the US-UK military base Diego Garcia in the ‌Indian Ocean.

Although neither missile hit its target, Muhanad Seloom, lecturer at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said the Iranian strike aimed at the UK-US military base in the Indian Ocean “changes the calculus” of the war for the United States.

“These missiles to Diego Garcia means Iran has 4,000km [2,490 miles] plus ballistic missiles, and that hasn’t been revealed before,” he said speaking to Al Jazeera.

“All reports before that said Iran had a 2,000km range [1,240 miles] and not beyond that.

“If you reverse the direction of these missiles, then they could reach London. So that changes the calculus not only for the US and its justification for the war, but also for a reluctant London and European Union to join the war.”

Seloom also said Iran may also have intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that could even reach the US “because they tested that with their space programme”.

Natanz, Irans main enrichment site, was also hit in the first week of the war with several buildings appeing damaged on satellite images.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog had said that “no radiological consequence” was expected from that previous strike. The nuclear facility, located nearly 220 kilometres (135 miles) south east of Tehran, had been targeted by Israeli air strikes in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025, and by the United States.

This latest strike comes just a day after US President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Middle East, despite the United States deploying three additional amphibious assault ships and around 2,500 more Marines to the region.

On Friday evening, the US president wrote on Truth Social: “We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran”.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House earlier on Friday, Mr Trump rejected calls for a ceasefire, proclaiming victory over Iran.