The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami says the nuclear fuel production plant in Isfahan was the first target of military assaults by the United States and Israel during their wars of aggression against the Islamic Republic over the past year, IRNA reports.

Eslami said the plant produces the fuel required by the Tehran Research Reactor.

“The Tehran reactor is a research reactor and is mainly used for research and production work related to radiopharmaceuticals,” Eslami said.

He added that a radiopharmaceutical production facility was also among the facilities hit in the air raids.

Eslami further pointed to the bombing of an oxygen-18 production line at the Khondab complex, saying the material is needed for PET scans and is produced domestically to support the country’s PET scan services.

He said the acts of aggression were “a clear and naked symbol of their school of thought,” arguing that the targets were scientific activities whose products are used by the public.