VIENNA, Austria (MNTV) — Iran has firmly rejected claims that it is seeking to resume high-level uranium enrichment, accusing the United States and Israel of using false narratives to justify ongoing military aggression.
Speaking to AFP, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, said Tehran has not restarted uranium enrichment following US-Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities, dismissing such allegations as “a very big lie.”
Najafi directly challenged long-standing accusations by Washington and Tel Aviv that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, arguing that these claims have been repeatedly used as a pretext for military escalation, including last year’s 12-day conflict and the current war triggered by strikes on February 28.
He strongly condemned repeated attacks on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, describing them as clear violations of international law and labeling them a “war crime” and a potential “crime against humanity.”
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Bushehr facility — Iran’s only operational nuclear reactor, connected to the grid since 2011 — was struck for the third time in ten days, though no radiation leak or reactor damage was reported.
Najafi warned that continued targeting of nuclear infrastructure risks catastrophic consequences, including radioactive contamination of water supplies and the forced displacement of civilians.
“Even in wartime, attacks on civilian nuclear facilities are strictly prohibited,” he said, stressing that such actions undermine international humanitarian law.
The UN nuclear watchdog has called on all parties to exercise restraint around nuclear sites, amid growing fears that reckless military escalation by the United States and Israel could trigger a wider environmental and humanitarian disaster.