Iranian authorities confirmed on Tuesday that they have implemented contingency measures to maintain the continuity of the country’s nuclear program following coordinated airstrikes by the United States and Israel on key uranium enrichment facilities.
Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, stated on national television that necessary actions had been taken to assess and address the damage caused by the attacks. “We have taken the necessary measures and are currently evaluating the extent of the damage,” he said.
Eslami assured that pre-arranged plans for restarting operations at the targeted facilities were already in place. “Our approach is designed to ensure that neither production nor services are interrupted,” he emphasized.
The strikes, launched on Sunday, targeted Iran’s major nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz—sites central to the country’s uranium enrichment efforts. U.S. President Donald Trump later hailed the operation as a “spectacular military success,” although no official damage assessment has been publicly released.
In a separate statement, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed that the country still retains a significant stockpile of enriched uranium. “The game is not over,” the adviser remarked, hinting at Iran’s continued nuclear capability and possible response.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities claimed on Monday that they had carried out another strike on the Fordow site, which is fortified beneath a mountain south of Tehran. According to the Israeli government, the latest operation was intended to further impede access routes to the facility and delay any recovery efforts.
The full scope of the damage to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure remains unclear, but the development has intensified concerns over a wider regional conflict and the future of nuclear non-proliferation efforts in the Middle East.
