Tehran raps US attack on nuclear plant as ‘flagrant violation of int’l law’
Eslami: Iran could fulfill own goals even after 1,000 bombings
Iran condemned a recent missile strike by the United States on the Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant as a “flagrant violation of international law” and called on the United Nations Security Council to unequivocally condemn the attack.
In an official letter addressed to the President of the Security Council and the Secretary-General on Monday, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, denounced the assault as a “flagrant violation of international law” and urged the Security Council to take immediate action.
The attack occurred at approximately 3:39 a.m. local time on Sunday, when the United States launched several missiles against the Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant site.
The facility, which is still under construction, has been under the full scope of IAEA safeguards pursuant to Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the agency.
Iravani emphasized that all activities at the site are “exclusively peaceful, fully transparent, and entirely consistent with Iran’s rights and obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).”
The letter, which also referenced previous US attacks on Iran’s civil infrastructure, argued that the deliberate targeting of a safeguarded nuclear facility “constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the Statute of the IAEA, and General Conference resolutions of the IAEA.”
Iravani further noted that this is the 18th such attack on Iran’s peaceful nuclear sites since June 2025, when the US and Israel jointly launched aggression against the country.
“Such an attack ... gravely endangers nuclear safety and security, and seriously undermines the integrity, credibility, and effectiveness of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” the letter stated.
Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Tuesday that Iran could achieve its nuclear objectives even if it were bombed 1,000 times.
“Even if they bomb us a thousand times, we can achieve our objectives. We have fulfilled what we promised, and we will certainly fulfill our promises more forcefully,” he said, calling the country’s nuclear program a legacy of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.