Iran will build 1,000 nuclear sites if enemy hits 100 sites - President Pezeshkian

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that in case the enemy hits the 100 Iranian nuclear sites, the domestic experts will replace them by building 1,000 new nuclear facilities immediately, Mehr reported.

"The enemies want us to be humiliated before them with sanctions and threats but we will not be subjugated and we will solve our problems by relying on the people,” Pezeshkian said in a meeting with intellectuals and elites of the southern province of Bushehr on Thursday, according to Press TV.

He slammed the United States’ contradictory approach to Iran, saying US President Donald Trump claims that he wants to negotiate with Iran but at the same time imposes the toughest sanctions against Tehran.

“We do not want anyone to sanction us,” Pezeshkian said, adding, however, “It is not that if the US imposes sanctions on us, we cannot do anything. We will run the country by reliance on domestic capabilities.”

He reiterated Iran’s policy to interact with all countries in a spirit of peace and fraternity, emphasizing.

“We strive to establish cordial and friendly relations with our neighbors,"  Iranian Mehr News Agency quoted Pezeshkian as saying.

On February 6, the United States imposed its first set of sanctions on Iran after Trump revived his so-called maximum pressure strategy against the Islamic Republic.