Pezeshkian: Iran to build more nuclear sites if existing ones come under attack

Iran will build many more nuclear facilities than it has now if they come under US or Israeli attack, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said, Report informs via TASS.

"They are threatening to strike our nuclear centers. They can hit the buildings, but they can’t hit the 'brains' that build them. Let them hit a hundred centers; thousands of such centers will be built again," he said in comments broadcast by SNN television.

The Wall Street Journal stated earlier that data compiled by US intelligence agencies indicated that Israel is weighing sweeping strikes on Iranian nuclear sites this year in a bid to take advantage of Tehran's weakening.

On February 10, Trump said that stopping Tehran from developing nuclear weapons could be done either with bombs or by signing a deal. The US leader added that he would like to make a deal with the Islamic Republic without resorting to bombing.