Atomic Energy Org. of Iran:
Nuclear sites are attacked; nuclear industry path will continue
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (A.E.O.I.) says enemies have struck nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan in contravention of international law, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (N.P.T.) in particular.
The A.E.O.I. said in a statement early on Sunday that the United States has claimed responsibility for the strikes.
“The international community is expected to, while condemning the [instances of] lawlessness based on the law of the jungle, accompany Iran in reclaiming its rights,” the statement read.
It said the A.E.O.I. assures the Iranian nation that, despite the evil conspiracies of the enemies, and “by relying on the efforts of thousands of revolutionary and motivated scientists and experts,” it will not allow the path to the development of this national industry to be hindered.
The Organization said the necessary legal measures have been put on its agenda.
Hours earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed American B-2 bombers had conducted airstrikes on the three Iranian nuclear facilities.
Meanwhile, all U.S. bases in the West Asia region have been put on high alert in anticipation of Iran’s response to the United States’ entry into the Israeli war of aggression on Iran.
The Zionist regime attacked Iran, including residential buildings in Tehran, in an unprovoked act of aggression overnight on June 13. Top Iranian military officials were assassinated in targeted strikes. Civilians died when houses were directly struck. Entire population centers were affected.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed new military commanders later that same day and said life would turn bleak for Israel. Shortly afterwards, the Iranian Armed Forces promised to “open the gates of hell” to Israel and began waves of punitive strikes inside the Israeli-occupied territories, hitting sensitive sites in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, among other cities, with salvos of missiles and drones. Despite heavy Israeli censorship, abundant footage has appeared of the Iranian missiles and drones hitting their targets in precision strikes and wreaking mayhem.
Bending under the Iranian strikes, the Zionist regime had been clamoring to coax the United States into joining the war of aggression on Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei had warned the United States that its potential intervention would bring America “irreparable harm.”