US EditionIran FM Araghchi Warns of Contamination Risk After U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Iran said a security guard was killed and an auxiliary building damaged, while the International Atomic Energy Agency reported no rise in radiation levels.
- On Saturday, a projectile struck near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, marking the fourth such incident in recent weeks amid escalating tensions in West Asia.
- Escalating tensions in West Asia prompted recent US-Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi strongly condemned.
- One security staff member at the Bushehr NPP was killed by a projectile fragment, and an auxiliary building sustained damage from shockwaves, though power generation remains unaffected.
- In a letter to Guterres, Araghchi warned that the proximity of attacks could "expose the entire region to a serious risk of radioactive contamination with serious human and environmental consequences."
- International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi expressed "deep concern" over the incident, confirming radiation levels remain unchanged while urging maximum military restraint to avoid a nuclear accident.
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Iran warns US-Israeli attacks on nuclear sites risk radioactive fallout across region
ISTANBUL: Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday (April 4) that US-Israeli attacks on the country's nuclear facilities could expose the entire region to radioactive contamination, calling for urgent international action, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi sent a letter this Saturday to UN Secretary General António Guterres condemning U.S. and Israeli offensives against Iran's nuclear facilities, including the recent attack on the Bushehr plant.The Chancellor also warned in his letter that such offensives carry the risk of radiation leaks and contamination of Gulf waters, air and ecosystems throughout the region, calling the attacks a violation of UN Security…
Iran Warns UN Of 'Radioactive Contamination' Risk After Strikes Near Bushehr Nuclear Plant
Iran's Araghchi condemned US-Israeli strikes near the Bushehr nuclear plant, warning of radioactive contamination. The IAEA confirmed a projectile hit near the plant, killing a security member and damaging a building.
Iran FM Araghchi warns of contamination risk after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Bushehr nuclear power plant
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that continued attacks on the plant on Iran's southern coast could eventually lead to radioactive fallout that would "end life in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) capitals, not Tehran"; Bushehr is considerably closer to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar than it is to the Iranian capital.
Iran flags 'contamination risk' after attack near nuclear plant, writes to UN
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said repeated strikes in the vicinity of the country’s only operational nuclear power plant posed grave human and environmental dangers for the wider region. He said the repeated attacks near the active Bushehr facility had created an “intolerable situation” and warned that any radiological release could have severe consequences beyond Iran’s borders.
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