Iran’s atomic agency says ‘very unlikely’ Israel will attack nuclear facilities

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s atomic energy agency says an Israeli attack on key nuclear sites was “very unlikely” and the country would be able to “quickly compensate” for any potential damage.

“It is very unlikely to happen,” the agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi says in a video interview with Nournews agency. “In the event of an attack on a key site: be sure it will not succeed,” he continues, adding that “the country can quickly compensate for” any potential damage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden that Israel’s retaliation against Iran for its ballistic missile attack on October 1 will not include strikes on oil or nuclear sites, according to a report Monday suggesting the Israeli premier had curtailed planned action to avoid interfering with the US election.