The Iranian president pledges to rebuild nuclear facilities destroyed by the war
He said Iranian President Massoud Bezshkian His country will rebuild its nuclear sites that were bombed Israel and the United States last June, at a time when the Omani mediator called on Tehran and Washington to resume negotiations between them.
In April, Iran and the United States began indirect negotiations mediated by the Sultanate of Oman regarding the Iranian nuclear program, which constitutes a source of tension with Western countries.
But those negotiations stopped after Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran on June 13, which ignited the fuse of a war that lasted 12 days, during which the United States also carried out strikes on sites Iranian.
On June 22, American forces bombed the Fordow uranium enrichment site south of Tehran, in addition to nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz in the center of the country.
US President Donald Trump said months ago that those sites "Completely destroyed"The extent of the actual damage is not yet known.
Meeting the people’s needs
Pezeshkian said during a visit to the headquarters of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran: "We will rebuild nuclear facilities with more force"
He added: "Our goal in expanding this industry is to meet the needs of the people and improve the country’s well-being, not to produce weapons"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, confirmed in October that US President Donald Trump was deluded in his belief that he had destroyed nuclear facilities.
Nuclear technology for civil purposes
In response to a question about the Omani initiative, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatima Mohajerani said on Sunday that Tehran had received messages regarding the resumption of negotiations, without clarifying their content or who sent them.
It accuses Western countries. Israel and Tehran seek to develop nuclear weapons, but the Islamic Republic strongly denies similar ambitions and confirms that it is developing nuclear technology for civilian purposes.
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