The withdrawal of international inspectors comes amid heightened concerns that Iran, battered by Israeli and U.S. strikes, may be driven to try to build a nuclear bomb.

As Iran suspends its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, its deputy foreign minister is speaking out about the damage to his country's nuclear program. NBC's Richard Engel report for TODAY from Tehran.

Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.