Overview
- President Masud Pezeshkian told nuclear officials Iran will reconstruct the damaged facilities and expand their capabilities.
- Foreign Minister Abas Araqchi said Iran is open to negotiations but ruled out direct talks with the United States and rejected U.S. demands to halt enrichment and curb missiles.
- Araqchi claimed more than 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to about 60% were buried at the strike sites, a figure not independently verified in the reports.
- Israel’s June 13 airstrikes on Iranian targets set off a 12-day conflict, and on June 22 U.S. forces hit the Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites.
- President Donald Trump said the sites were annihilated, though the full extent of the damage remains unclear and Oman‑mediated nuclear talks that began in April are stalled.