Top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader says uranium stockpile intact despite US strikes
‘Surprises will continue!� says Ali Shamkhani
ISTANBUL
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed Sunday that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is still intact despite US attacks on three nuclear sites.
“Even if nuclear sites are destroyed, game isn’t over, enriched materials, indigenous knowledge, political will remain,” Ali Shamkhani wrote on X.
“With legitimate defense right, political and operational initiative is now with the side that plays smart, avoids blind strikes. Surprises will continue!” he added.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran's official radio and television broadcaster, reported Sunday that targeted sites had been evacuated before the attack and sensitive nuclear materials were moved to safe locations, without providing details.
Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump said American forces bombed Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites.
The US targeted the sites with six bunker-buster bombs dropped on the Fordo facility with B-2 stealth bombers, along with dozens of submarine-launched cruise missile strikes on the Natanz and Isfahan facilities.
The attacks came as the latest escalation in a US-backed Israeli military assault on Iran since June 13, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory attacks on Israel.
Israeli authorities said at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured since then in Iranian missile attacks.
Meanwhile, in Iran, at least 430 people have been killed and more than 3,500 wounded in the Israeli assault, according to the Iranian Health Ministry.
