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11:24
Grossi: No Indication Iran's Nuclear Facilities Hit
Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that there is "no indication" that Israel and the United States have attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, but so far the IAEA has not been able to contact Iranian nuclear officials.
"We have no indication that any of the nuclear installations, including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, the Tehran Research Reactor, or other nuclear fuel cycle facilities, have been damaged or hit," Grossi said in astatement to the board of governorsof the IAEA on March 1.
IAEA's Rafael Grossi at the quarterly board of governors meeting in Vienna on March 2
"Efforts to contact the Iranian nuclear regulatory authorities...continue, with no response so far. We hope this indispensable channel of communication can be reestablished as soon as possible," he added.
Grossi urged all parties to exercise "maximum restraint" in avoiding further escalation.
"To achieve the long-term assurance that Iran will not acquire nuclear weapons and for maintaining the continued effectiveness of the global non-proliferation regime, we must return to diplomacy and negotiations," he added.
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10:56
Kuwait Says Several US Military Aircraft Crash, No Deaths
Kuwait's Defense Ministry says several US military aircraft crashed on March 2 but that no crew members were killed.
In astatementdistributed by the state news agency, Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Saud Al-Atwan said crews were evacuated from the crash sites and transferred to hospital.
The report gave no further details, and there was no immediate response from the US Embassy in Kuwait.
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10:46
Red Crescent Says 555 People Killed In US-Israeli Attacks On Iran
The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced on March 1 that 555 people have been killed so far in joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
According to the report, the attacks affected 131 cities in Iran and rescue, relief, transportation, and medical services operations for the injured are ongoing.
The director of East Azerbaijan Crisis Management also announced that over the past two days, various locations in the cities of Tabriz, Sarab, Maragheh, and Shabestar have been attacked, resulting in a total of 42 deaths.
It was not immediately clear how many of those killed were civilians.
The death toll from a missile strike on the Shajre Tayyiba elementary school in Hormozgan Province on February 28 has reportedly reached 148. A local official said more than 95 people were injured in the attack, most of whom were students.
These numbers could not be independently verified.
This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province, on February 28.
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09:38
Larijani Says Iran 'Will Not Negotiate' With US
Iranian Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani said Tehran "will not negotiate" with Washington, hours after US President Donald Trump vowed to continue to punish the "terrorists" with the "full force" of the American military.
Ali Larijani
In apost on Xearly on March 2, Larijani said: "We will not negotiate with the United States."
"Today, the Iranian nation is defending itself," he added.
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08:34
Satellite Images Show Damage To Military Sites Across Iran
Before-and-after photos released on March 1 show extensive damage to missile bases, radar installations, and aircraft facilities in Iran after a barrage of US and Israeli air strikes. One set of images shows the Tehran compound of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, who was killed in a strike on February 28.
