DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program.

The targeted attacks showed Israel’s intelligence prowess, but a new generation of Iranian scientists could blunt the impact.

As part of its recent conflict with Iran, Israel reportedly carried out “Operation Narnia,” a series of targeted assassinations that killed at least eleven of Iran’s top nuclear scientists. -According to a Wall Street Journal report,