Iran’s nuclear industry too deep-rooted to be uprooted through aggression: AEOI

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has reiterated that the country’s nuclear program will continue to expand despite acts of aggression against the peaceful nuclear facilities.

Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Tuesday that Iran’s nuclear industry is deeply entrenched in the country’s scientific and technological infrastructure and cannot be dismantled by enemies.

“They must understand that this industry is rooted in our nation. They cannot uproot it,” Kamalvandi said. “Given the capabilities and potential we possess, the growth of this industry must continue. It will not be stopped.”

The remarks by the senior Iranian atomic agency official came in the wake of unlawful American aggression against Iran’s three nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, all of which operate under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

US President Donald Trump said the aim of attacking Iran’s nuclear sites was to “destroy” the country’s nuclear capability.

Following the attack, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s nuclear energy program is “based on indigenous knowledge and cannot be eliminated by bombing.”

The US military aggression, which, according to IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, “risks collapsing the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” came more than a week after Israel launched its unbridled aggression on Iran.

Days before the aggression, the IAEA released a politically-motivated report falsely accusing Iran of “non-compliance.” The report was followed by a resolution against the country at the IAEA Board of Governors’ meeting in Vienna, pushed by the European countries and endorsed by the US.

The report and the subsequent resolution, according to analysts, facilitated the Israeli regime’s brutal aggression on June 13, leading to the assassination of many nuclear scientists as well as high-ranking military commanders.

The IAEA report sparked outrage in Tehran, with the head of AEOI Mohammad Eslami vowing to take necessary measures to defend the country’s rights and pursue legal action against the IAEA chief in connection with his “inaction” over the Israeli regime’s aggression against Iranian nuclear sites.

Javad Zarif, the former Iranian foreign minister, also slammed Grossi’s “irresponsible and fallacious” report, which, he said, caused “irreparable damage to the agency.”

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