What we know about the US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities

US President Donald Trump said US warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

One of the targets was Fordo - a uranium enrichment plant hidden on a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Two other major nuclear power plants - Natanz and Isfahan - were also hit.

Israeli officials say they were in "full coordination" with the US in planning these attacks.

The US contacted Iran through diplomatic channels on Saturday to say the airstrikes were all it intended to do and that the "regime change efforts" were "not planned", according to US officials who spoke to the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

We still don't know the full extent of the damage to the facilities - but the UN nuclear watchdog says there has been "no increase" in radiation levels reported outside the site./ CNA

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