A projectile from a US-Israeli attack struck near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, killing one person, state media reported, as the foreign minister warned against further attacks on the site.
The strike was the fourth targeting the area since the outbreak of Iran’s war with the United States and Israel on February 28, according to the official IRNA news agency.
The Bushehr plant is located in southern Iran on the Gulf coast.
“Following the US-Zionist criminal attacks, this Saturday morning, around 8:30 am, a projectile hit the area near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the southwest,” IRNA said.
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It added that one of the facility’s guards was killed but noted there was no damage to the plant itself.
Later, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said continued attacks on the site could eventually lead to radioactive fallout that would “end life in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) capitals, not Tehran”.
No increase in radiation levels was reported following Saturday’s strike, according the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The agency’s chief Rafael Grossi called for “maximum military restraint to avoid risk of a nuclear accident”, according to a post by the agency on X.
AFP
