The country’s atomic program is peaceful and not aimed at obtaining nukes, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said
Iran will rebuild nuclear facilities targeted in US and Israeli strikes earlier this year, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, reiterating that his country is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
In June 2025, the US and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, causing major damage, according to satellite imagery and defense analysts. They described it as preemptive strikes to halt Iran’s progress toward developing a bomb.
Afterward, President Donald Trump warned that the US could launch renewed strikes if Iran restarts the damaged sites. Tehran, which insists its program is peaceful, condemned the attacks as a violation of sovereignty.
“The scientific knowledge is in the minds of our scientists. Destroying buildings and factories will not create a problem for us – we will rebuild, and with greater strength,” Pezeshkian told state media on Sunday during a visit to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
He said that while nuclear technology has destructive potential, “only a fraction of its applications relate to weapons,” adding that most serve medicine, agriculture, and industry. Pezeshkian rejected Western claims that Iran seeks to develop nukes, saying, “building a nuclear weapon is not on our agenda, and they know this.”
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