DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat said the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’s nuclear program has been “complicated” by the American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage.”

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,