The Iran Project : President Masoud Pezeshkian says if the enemies strike Iran's nuclear facilities, the country's youth will be ready to simply rebuild.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) delivers a speech during his visit of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in southern Iran, on February 13, 2025.
According to The Iran Project, "They threaten us by hitting our nuclear centers. But you cannot destroy the brains of our children," Pezeshkian said Thursday during a speech in Bushehr, home to one of Iran’s biggest nuclear plants.
"If you hit 100 nuclear centers, our children will build a thousand other ones," he said, addressing Iran's enemies.
US President Donald Trump raised on Monday the possibility of Israel hitting Iran in an interview with Fox News saying he would prefer to make a deal with Iran.
On Thursday, Iran's Air Force chief Gen. Hamid Vahedi said, "We tell all countries, friends and foes alike, that our country's doctrine is defensive, but we will respond with force against any enemy attack."
Pezeshkian visited the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in southern Iran, authorizing operations at Units 2 and 3 of the facility, the Islamic Republic’s sole nuclear power plant.
He toured various sections of the first Unit of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, including its control room and turbine, where plant managers and experts briefed him on the details of the plant’s operations, electricity production, and power transmission to the grid.
He also visited the construction sites of Units 2 and 3 of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and, at the end of the tour, ordered the installation of the first key equipment component for Unit 2’s reactor building to enhance safety standards, along with the excavation of pump house buildings for both units.