Iran Vows Uranium Enrichment Will Continue Despite U.S. Strikes

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) vowed within hours of massive U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear facilities that uranium enrichment will continue. The AEOI denounced President Donald Trump’s strikes as “barbaric” and vowed that the “blood of nuclear martyrs” would be honored. After ritually invoking the name of Allah, the AEOI confirmed that the “nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan were attacked by the enemies of Islamic Iran in a barbaric act that violated international law, especially the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).”

“This action, contrary to international law, was unfortunately carried out in the shadow of the indifference and even the complicity of the International Atomic Energy Agency,” the AEOI charged. “The American enemy has claimed responsibility for the attack on the aforementioned sites, which are under the continuous supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, based on the Safeguards Agreement and the NPT Treaty,” the statement said.

“The international community is expected to condemn the lawlessness based on the rules of the jungle and support Iran in achieving its legitimate rights,” it demanded. The AEOI assured “the great Iranian nation” that “despite the evil conspiracies of its enemies, with the efforts of its thousands of revolutionary and motivated scientists and experts, it will not allow the path of development of this national industry, which is the result of the blood of nuclear martyrs, to be stopped.” (Read More)