Iran Not Stopping Nuclear Industry Development After Attack On Nuclear Facilities - AEOI

TEHRAN, June 22 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- Iran does not intend to stop developing the nuclear industry after the strikes on a number of nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic, and expects the international community to condemn these strikes, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said in a statement, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

"We expect the international community to condemn the lawlessness based on the rules of the jungle and support Iran in achieving its legitimate rights.

“The AEOI assures the great Iranian nation that despite the evil plots of its enemies, with the efforts of thousands of its scientists, it will not allow the development of the national nuclear industry to be stopped," the AEOI said on Telegram.

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Nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan were attacked by "enemies," the AEOI confirmed.

"Early this morning, nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were attacked by enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a barbaric act that contradicts all international norms, especially the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," the agency said.

It noted that US President Donald Trump had taken responsibility for the attack. However, it did not directly accuse Washington of it.

Meanwhile, in Doha, the Saudi Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission said there were no changes in radiation levels in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, that were recorded after the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

"No radioactive consequences for the environment of the kingdom and the Gulf states were detected as a result of the US military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities," the commission said on X.

Iran has not detected traces of contamination after US strikes on nuclear facilities, the country's nuclear security centre also said.

--BERNAMA-SPUTNIK/RIA NOVOSTI