Mahdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that Iran had been anticipating the US attack on Fordow, reports Al Jazeera.
“The site has long been evacuated and has not suffered any irreversible damage in the attack,” Mohammadi wrote in a social media post.
“Two things are certain: First, knowledge cannot be bombed, and second, the gambler will lose this time.”
Meanwhile, the Crisis Management Headquarters in the province of Qom, where Fordow is located, has issued a statement saying that “there is no danger to the people of Qom and the surrounding area”.
The statement, carried by the IRNA news agency, comes after Trump said Iran’s nuclear sites have been “obliterated”.
It said that local residents “did not feel any signs of a major explosion” after the US attack on Fordow.
“Conditions in the area were completely normal,” the agency said. “Further details of the incident will be reported by official experts.”
Manan Raisi, who represents the Qom area where Fordow is located, says the attack on the underground nuclear site was “superficial”.
“Based on accurate information, I state that contrary to the claims of the lying US president, the Fordow nuclear facility has not been seriously damaged and most of what was damaged was only on the ground, which can be restored,” Raisi said, according to Tasnim news agency.
Bd-pratidin English/TR
