File image. (Mehr News Agency)
A strike hit Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant on April 4, killing one person, the Islamic Republic’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
The deceased was one of the plant’s security personnel, the news agency said, adding that one of the plant’s auxiliary buildings was damaged by the blast and shrapnel.
Preliminary assessments indicate the plant’s main sections were not affected and that it remains operational, the agency added.
Bushehr is the Islamic Republic’s only operating nuclear reactor. It was built by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, which provides direct support to its operations.
For its side, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that there is “no increase in radiation levels was reported.”
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi “expresses deep concern about the reported incident and says NPP (nuclear power plant) sites or nearby areas must never be attacked, noting that auxiliary site buildings may contain vital safety equipment,” the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on US social media company X.
Russia also condemned the strike on Bushehr, calling it an “evil deed” and urging an immediate end to attacks on atomic facilities.
“We strongly condemn this evil deed, which resulted in loss of life,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“Strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, must cease immediately,” she added.
The incident marks the fourth time the facility came under attack during the ongoing war that started more than a month earlier.
Neither the United States nor Israeli militaries have yet issued a statement claiming responsibility for the strike on the plant.
Following the deadly strike, Rosatom announced that it had evacuated a further 198 of its staff from the nuclear power plant.
The company chief Alexei Likhachev said, according to TASS, that developments near the plant were unfolding in line with the worst-case scenario. Rosatom informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation surrounding the plant, the news agency said.
The complete evacuation of Russian staff from Bushehr could open the way for a direct attack on the plan. Even limited strikes threaten a catastrophic, region-wide radiological disaster. In a worst case scenario, a reactor core meltdown would cause widespread leakage into the Persian Gulf, necessitating massive evacuations.
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all this back and forth reminds me of the militarily useless “blitz” on london.
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