Iran has accused the United States of using its nuclear programme as a pretext to inflict destruction on the country, saying Washington’s repeated attacks and threats against Iranian nuclear facilities reflected hostility towards the country’s scientific and technological progress.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Wednesday that repeated US attacks and threats against Iran’s nuclear facilities violated the UN Charter, international law, and relevant resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, General Conference and the UN Security Council.
The attacks “reveal the United States’ deep-rooted enmity toward Iran’s scientific progress and technological development,” he added in a post on X.
The spokesperson said Iran’s nuclear activities have been fully declared to the IAEA in accordance with its safeguards obligations.
Baqaei dismissed US claims on the existence of a secret nuclear complex in Kolang Kouh, also known as Pickaxe Mountain, as “a fabricated pretext for aggression, destruction and sabotage.”
