Iran's foreign minister has admitted that "excessive and serious" damage was done to the country's nuclear sites in the recent US and Israeli bombings. Abbas Araghchi told a state broadcaster on Thursday evening,

U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites inflicted "serious and significant damage," Iran has acknowledged for the first time since the attack nearly a week ago.

President Trump’s historic precision strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites over the weekend hit their targets and “destroyed" and “badly damaged" the facilities’ critical infrastructure — an assessment agreed upon by Iran’s Foreign Ministry,