Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a post to X on Sunday that the American strikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities will not stop Tehran’s nuclear program.
This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo following U.S. airstrikes targeting the facility, on June 22, 2025.
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“Even assuming that the facilities are completely destroyed, the game is not over; the enriched materials, local expertise and politics will remain,” Shamkhani said.
“Now, the political and operational initiative, along with the right to legitimate defense, lies with the side that plays smart and avoids indiscriminate fire,” he added. “The surprises will continue!”
-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti
