Trump says damage to Iran's nuclear sites is 'far below ground level'

The Iranian mission to the United Nations has alleged Israel committed a war crime by striking nuclear facilities, Iran said in a letter to the Security Council.

"Israel launched a direct military strike against the Arak Heavy Water Research Reactor, a facility that is under the full monitoring and verification of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," Iran's mission said in the letter.

"This reprehensible act constitutes the third such attack in recent days. On 13 June 2025, Israel carried out an armed attack against the Uranium Conversion Facility and the Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant, followed by another aggression on 18 June 2025 targeting centrifuge production sites in Tehran and Karaj," Iran's mission said.

Iran said the "repeated acts of aggression are flagrant violations" of the UN charter, international law, the Statute of the Agency, IAEA resolutions and Security Council resolutions.

"They also represent an unprecedented and dangerous assault on the integrity of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime and the system of multilateral safeguards administered by the IAEA," Iran's mission said.

At least 23 people have been killed and over 600 injured in Israel from Iranian strikes on the country since Israel's operation against Iran began on June 13, Israeli Emergency Services spokesperson Zaki Heller said in a release Thursday.

European leaders are expected to hold talks with the Iranians on Friday as the world waits to see what President Donald Trump will decide on in regards to the conflict.

"Does the president have any hopes or specific expectations for the talks tomorrow between European foreign secretaries and their Iranian counterpart?" a reporter asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

"Well, certainly the entire world is on the president's side when it comes to the fact that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. This is something that pretty much all of humanity, except for the Iranian terrorist regime themselves, agree upon. And so the president expects that Europe will deliver that message directly to the Iranians," she responded.

Leavitt added Trump's "top priority" was ensuring Iran doesn't obtain a nuclear weapon.

ABC News' Mary Bruce asked Leavitt to clarify the president's statement that he would make a decision within the next two weeks.

"Is he saying that if Iran does not come back to the negotiating table within the next two weeks, that the president will strike?" she asked.

"The president is saying that he will make a decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks. It's very clear and direct," Leavitt said.

Bruce followed up asking if the president is seeing any hope for negotiations.

"That's why he said in the statement that I just read for all of you, based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, he will make that decision within the next few weeks," Leavitt said.