Grossi expressed concern about the possibility of an Israeli retaliation strike on an Iranian nuclear facility but confirmed that Iran had informed the IAEA that all inspected facilities would remain closed.

Iran retaliated for an Israeli air strike on a consular building in Damascus by launching over 300 drones and missiles towards Israel on Saturday night.

Most of the weapons were intercepted, causing only minor damage.

The facilities were set to reopen on Monday, but the inspectors were not allowed back until the situation calmed down.

There are concerns of a potential Israeli reprisal, leading to fears of a regional war.

Israel has previously carried out operations against nuclear sites in the region.

In 1981, Israel secretly bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, against the opposition of the US.

In 2018, Israel admitted to conducting a top-secret air raid against a reactor in Syria in 2007.

Israel is also accused of assassinating two Iranian nuclear physicists in 2010 and kidnapping another in 2009.

Additionally, a cyberattack using the Stuxnet virus in 2010, attributed to Israel and the US, caused damage to Iranian uranium enrichment centrifuges.

Israel accuses Iran of seeking to acquire an atomic bomb, while Tehran denies these claims.