Tehran assessing damage to nuclear industry and will arrange its ‘restoration,’ says Iranian nuke chief

Iran is assessing the damage to its nuclear industry and arrangements have been made for its restoration, Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami says, according to Mehr news.

“The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services,” Eslami says.

The comments are made as Iran violates a ceasefire with Israel with a ballistic missile attack.

Israel has said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program is necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.

Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it has enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel says it has recently taken steps toward weaponization.

Iran has retaliated to Israel’s attacks by launching some 550 ballistic missiles and around 1,000 drones at Israel.

So far, Iran’s missile attacks have killed 28 people and wounded thousands in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.

Some of the missiles have hit apartment buildings, a university and a hospital, causing heavy damage.