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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that the uranium enrichment facility at Fordow was “seriously and heavily damaged” by U.S. bombers on June 21. He said Iranian officials are still assessing the full extent of the damage.

President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, who is subordinate to elderly “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signed a parliamentary bill into law on Wednesday ending all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the stalled nuclear deal talks with the United States, demanded in a letter to the United Nations on Sunday that the global body help Tehran seek “reparation” for the damage caused by American airstrikes on his country’s illicit nuclear sites.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested in an interview on Thursday that Iran will be demanding “compensation for damages” to its illicit nuclear development sites in any future diplomatic engagements with America after President Donald Trump approved airstrikes targeting the facilities.

The Islamic theocracy of Iran stated on Wednesday that it would work to preserve its illicit nuclear program “under any circumstances,” denying that the American airstrikes on key uranium enrichment facilities had marked an end to its nuclear ambitions.

China hosted the defense ministers of Russia and Iran – alongside Belarus, Pakistan, and Kyrgyzstan – on Wednesday for a meeting on global security in the aftermath of the most destructive military engagement against Tehran in recent memory.

12 F-35A fighters so UK can join NATO’s nuclear mission, becoming the world’s only dual-sovereignty nuclear-armed nation. 

Iran’s rubber-stamp parliament greenlit legislation banning the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from working with the country.

Iran claims it is already making plans to restore its nuclear industry after heavy airstrikes by Israel and the United States.

Latin America’s far-left governments and Iran’s top allies in the region over the weekend rallied in defense of the rogue Islamic regime after the United States launched strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

Iranian officials vowed to get revenge for this weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against their illegal nuclear program by launching terrorist attacks, and pledged to resume enriching uranium as quickly as possible.

Ali Larijani, an advisor to Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened the head of the International Atomic Nuclear Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, this weekend, vowing to “settle accounts” with him following the end of the current conflict.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, who condemned the ongoing campaign against Iran’s illicit nuclear program as an “unprovoked aggression” by Israel and America.

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna blasted the United Nations and Beijing in a pair of viral posts, accusing the global body of hypocrisy for platforming China as a moral authority while it continues its own abuses.

Following U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran’s key nuclear facilities, Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), declared, “Now Khamenei must go.”

President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities “saved the potential loss of American lives,” according to retired General Mark Kimmitt.

Democrat Rep. Jim Himes claimed President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by ordering military action against Iran without Congressional approval.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) vowed within hours of massive U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear facilities that uranium enrichment will continue.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s illegal nuclear weapons program as a “dangerous escalation” and a “direct threat to international peace and security.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for President Donald Trump to be impeached over the United States launching strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran.

President Donald Trump announced in a White House address on Saturday night that the United States had conducted “massive precision strikes” to destroy Iran’s three key nuclear enrichment sites, declaring them “completely and totally obliterated.”

Israeli envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon accused his Iranian counterpart of “playing victim” after Tehran requested an emergency Security Council session to halt Israeli strikes on Iran, calling him “a wolf pretending to be a diplomat,” declaring “we are done pretending otherwise,” and vowing that Israel would not stop its attacks until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled.

The Foreign Ministry of North Korea issued an enraged statement on Thursday in defense of its allies in Iran, declaring Israel a “cancer-like entity… destroying global peace and security” for its recent military operation hindering illicit nuclear development in neighboring Iran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Thursday blasted the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director, Rafael Grossi, for condemning Iran’s nuclear program.

The leader of the opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran told European lawmakers that lasting peace in the Middle East hinges on “regime change by the people of Iran and the organized resistance,” asserting it is up to Iranians — not foreign powers — to topple the Islamic Republic, as Israel intensifies its unprecedented campaign of airstrikes against Tehran.

President Donald Trump is a man of peace — but also a “man of his word” who draws the line at allowing regimes like Iran to obtain “unthinkable weaponry which will get used against us,” according to Eric Trump, who said his father gave Tehran a firm deadline they ignored and is always ready to protect the U.S., put America first, and, if pushed, “knock the hell out” of its enemies.

Pope Leo XIV addressed the eruption of active hostilities between Iran and Israel for the first time on Wednesday, urging the world to facilitate peace and reject “scientific weapons of all kinds,” an apparent reference to Iran’s illicit nuclear program.

The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared in comments on Wednesday that his Islamist regime would “resolutely” oppose peace with Israel, America, or any of Israel’s allies if Iran considers the terms of peace to be “imposed” from abroad.

By taking action against Iran, Israel is doing the “dirty work” for everyone else, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who praised the Jewish State’s “crucial” strikes on the Islamic Republic, which serve the interests of Western allies.

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations issued a joint statement from their summit in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and making it clear that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

The “hour of liberation” for the Iranian people is near, declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that Israel’s military operations against Iran — aimed at neutralizing its nuclear and missile threats — will leave the current theocratic regime “shattered.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that eliminating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not escalate tensions, but rather would help “end the conflict” by removing the threat posed by the theocratic regime, likening Iran’s leader to “a modern Hitler” and warning that Tehran’s ambitions extend far beyond Israel.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report on Monday that warned China has the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world and its inventory of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) could reach parity with the United States and Russia by 2030 – although Beijing would still lag behind in deliverable nuclear warheads.

“War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing,” declared Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who described himself as “anti-stupid war,” “not anti-war” as he issued a strong defense of Israel’s military campaign against Iran’s “psychotic” and “corrupt authoritarian tyrannical regime.”