Pezeshkian says Iran able to build thousand more nuclear centers in case it facilities are hit

President Masoud Pezeshkian asserted that the country is able to simply rebuild its nuclear centers if the enemies strike Iran's the facilities.

News ID: 5997

Date: 13 February 2025 - 21:35

TABNAK, Feb 13: "They threaten us by hitting our nuclear centers. But you cannot destroy the brains of our children," Pezeshkian said Thursday during a speech in Bushehr, home to one of Iran’s biggest nuclear plants.

"If you hit 100 nuclear centers, our children will build a thousand other ones," he said, addressing Iran's enemies.

US President Donald Trump raised on Monday the possibility of Israel hitting Iran in an interview with Fox News saying he would prefer to make a deal with Iran.

On Thursday, Iran's Air Force chief Gen. Hamid Vahedi said, "We tell all countries, friends and foes alike, that our country's doctrine is defensive, but we will respond with force against any enemy attack."

Pezeshkian visited the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in southern Iran, authorizing operations at Units 2 and 3 of the facility, the Islamic Republic’s sole nuclear power plant.

He toured various sections of the first Unit of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, including its control room and turbine, where plant managers and experts briefed him on the details of the plant’s operations, electricity production, and power transmission to the grid.

He also visited the construction sites of Units 2 and 3 of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and, at the end of the tour, ordered the installation of the first key equipment component for Unit 2’s reactor building to enhance safety standards, along with the excavation of pump house buildings for both units.

The first phase of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, currently operating at a capacity of 1,015 megawatts, has generated 72 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity over 11 years since its commissioning. This has prevented the consumption of 114 million barrels of crude oil, saving over $8 billion in fossil fuel costs.

Besides recovering an investment equivalent to four times the plant's construction cost, its operation has also facilitated the training of specialized personnel and the expansion of clean and sustainable energy production.

Units 2 and 3 of the power plant each have a nominal production capacity of 1,057 megawatts.

According to Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the facility has, over the recent years, made significant advances, leading to the generation of as much as 7.4 billion kilowatts of nuclear electricity.