The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says US-Israeli attack on Iran’s heavy water facility is a crime against science and human health, vowing to continue the path of scientific progress despite the aggression.

"Our scientific progress will not be halted, nor will our resolve to serve global peace/health," the body wrote in a post on X on Monday.

This determination, it noted, is immune to the aggressors' February 28-present atrocities against Iran's peaceful nuclear energy facilities, including the sites used towards advancing nuclear medicine, such as the country's heavy water facilities.

The AEOI, meanwhile, highlighted the gravity of the attacks targeting such installations, stating, "Heavy water & its derivatives are vital for medicine, disease treatment & advanced industries. US-Israeli attack on Iran’s heavy water facility is a crime against science & human health."

So far throughout their imposed aggression, the United States and the Israeli regime have struck such facilities as the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran, the Khondab heavy water complex in the central Iranian city of Arak, and a yellowcake production facility in Ardakan, Yazd, which is similarly located in the country's central areas.

The AEOI has denounced the strikes as instances of "war crimes."

Earlier, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote to United Nations secretary general, highlighting the environmental hazards.

He pointed to the attacks targeting the Bushehr plant, which have reportedly triggered evacuations of personnel belonging to Russia that has helped build the plant.

"The aggressors’ repeated strikes in the vicinity of the active nuclear power plant in Bushehr is extremely alarming; their proximity to an active nuclear facility constitutes an intolerable escalation entailing a grave risk of radiological release," the top diplomat cautioned.

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