Iran is already busy trying to re-establish its nuclear development project following the “severe damage” wreaked on multiple key nuclear facilities recently by Israeli and US fighter pilots.
Satellite images on Thursday showed that a temporary tent or similar structure was built at the point of air strike missile impact, and access roads have been rebuilt at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, indicating the likelihood that Tehran is already busy attempting to repair the facility and reboot its nuclear development project.
Interesting moves by the Iranians at the Natanz enrichment site. The impact crater caused by the B-2 strike on Sunday has already been filled in according to @Maxar.
The first image is from 22 June showing the immediate aftermath of the strike. The second image is from 24 June. pic.twitter.com/cAlN3YIOCo
— John Pollock (@John_Pollock22) June 25, 2025
On Tuesday afternoon, top Iranian military officials assured local media that Tehran’s nuclear program was still intact, as is the intention to wipe out the Jewish State.
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami was quoted by the Tasnim News Agency (linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)) as saying “arrangements have been made to prevent any disruption” to the country’s nuclear activities. “Plans are in place to prevent any hiatus in the process of production and services in the nuclear industry,” he said.
General Ebrahim Jabbari, senior advisor to the IRGC commander-in-chief and former commander of Supreme Leader Khamenei’s security unit, likewise told an interviewer Monday on Iran’s Channel 3 that his could eliminate American military bases and warships in the region “in the blink of an eye,” and that Israel itself must be annihilated.
Iranians must “chop off President Trump’s hand” and “slit Netanyahu’s throat,” Jabbari said.
Iran Votes to Suspend Cooperation with IAEA
The Iranian parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to suspend the country’s cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The decision must still be approved by Iran’s Supreme Guardian Council and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“We will no longer allow bargaining over enrichment within our country’s territory because we have entered a new space and the enemy has also realized that it is not facing the same Iran as before,” Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said.
The decision also complicates independent efforts to accurately determine the degree of damage sustained by Iranian nuclear development facilities struck by the US and Israeli air forces.
Likewise, it will be more difficult to locate the stockpile of highly enriched uranium that was just a step away from becoming weapons-grade nuclear fuel.
IAEA Chief Warns ‘This Material is There’
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said Wednesday that his “number one priority” is for the agency’s inspectors to return to Iran’s nuclear sites to evaluate damage caused by recent bombing and to verify stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
Speaking to reporters in Austria following a briefing to the government in Vienna, Grossi said he had received a letter from Iran’s Foreign Minister saying “protective measures” have been taken.
“They did not get into details into what that meant, but clearly that was the implicit meaning of that. So, we can imagine that this material is there,” Grossi said. “To confirm that and to evaluate the situation, “we need to return,” he added.
Iran is also threatening to withdraw the country from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a key international accord aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
