Iran has hinted at scaling up the Uranium enrichment after Israel’s attacks on Friday, which have reportedly killed six scientists and struck the Natanz nuclear site.
While the Natanz site has become defunct, as several video footages show, the majority of the other nuclear facilities are intact, including the command and control centre, said the Iranian armed forces.
In an official statement, the Iranian government said, “One should not speak to such a predatory regime except in the language of power. The world now better understands Iran’s insistence on the right to enrichment, nuclear technology, and missile power.”
Iran’s resolve has only strengthened after the attack, suggesting Iran would now speed up the Uranium enrichment to 90 per cent. Today's attack has given Iran the legitimacy and leverage to create what the US never wanted it to have in the first place.
Israel’s reckless actions have only emboldened the Iranian regime rather than creating deterrence, which it said it wanted to create by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Additionally, the actions will have severe ramifications for the region's overall security and collective peace. Iran had hinted at its aspirations when it said it would withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European states proceed with a legally baseless attempt to trigger the return of the United Nations sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
The country’s UN envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, made the remarks in a letter dated Wednesday to the UN Security Council.
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“Iran's nuclear policy is unequivocally peaceful, rooted in both legal commitments under the NPT and a deeply held religious and strategic defensive doctrine prohibiting weapons of mass destruction,” the official asserted.
The Islamic Republic is, meanwhile, committed to finding a negotiated solution that provides enough assurances regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme, he asserted.
After Friday’s attack, Iran might not only withdraw from the NPT but also from the ongoing nuclear negotiations with the US.
Israel is an undeclared but confirmed nuclear-armed state, while Iran is already halfway through or nearing the completion process of making at least eight-to-nine bombs in one go.
If Iran keeps enriching and manages to produce even one nuclear bomb, this would significantly alter the geostrategic balance in the region and trigger a nuclear arms race in an already war-torn region.
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