: A projectile struck Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on March 17. No radiation release or casualties reported. IAEA warned of nuclear safety threshold breach. Russia condemned the attack; ~480 Rosatom staff remain on site. A new undisclosed underground enrichment site at Isfahan was also disclosed by the IAEA on March 18.

Iran says it will build eight new reactors with Russia to reach 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power, a high ambition that collides with sanctions, limited inspections, and recent wartime damage to key sites.