Iran has vowed to continue its nuclear programme despite opposition from the United States and Israel, which has already triggered a series of strikes targeting key nuclear sites.
Speaking on state television Tuesday, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Eslami, confirmed that necessary steps have been taken to keep operations running, even after the attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
“We have taken the necessary measures and are assessing the extent of the damage caused by the attacks,” Eslami stated. “Plans for restarting operations at the affected facilities had been prepared in advance, and our priority remains ensuring that production and services are not interrupted.”
The U.S. military, under orders from President Donald Trump, carried out strikes on Iran’s Fordo, Isfahan, and Natanz uranium enrichment sites on Sunday, in what Trump described as a “spectacular military success.” The full scale of the damage remains unclear.
Despite the bombardments, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted that Iran still holds significant stockpiles of enriched uranium and that “the game is not over.”
Meanwhile, on Monday, Israel announced that it had launched another strike on the Fordo site, to “obstruct access routes” to the underground facility, located south of Tehran.