Iran Warns Of 'Contamination Risk' After US-Israeli Strikes On Bushehr Nuclear Plant

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has addressed a letter to the United Nations (UN), condemning the coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran’s infrastructure, including the attacks targeting the Bushehr nuclear plant, Al Jazeera reported.

Araghchi expressed his concern over the consequences of such military actions. Writing in the letter, the text of which was shared on Telegram, the Iranian minister highlighted these strikes “expose the entire region to a serious risk of radioactive contamination with serious human and environmental consequences.”

He pointed out that the recent targeting of the areas near Bushehr plant is of “great concern”. “The repeated attacks by the aggressors in the vicinity of the active Bushehr nuclear power plant are of great concern.”

Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine?

Israel-U.S. have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran.

Attacks on our petrochemicals also convey real objectives. pic.twitter.com/onGCgkJFjt

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 4, 2026

According to Al Jazeera, Araghchi warned the attacks could ignite a serious risk of radiological release. “Proximity of these attacks to an active nuclear facility creates an intolerable situation that poses a serious risk of radiological release.”

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Located some 750 kilometres south of Iran’s capital, Tehran, the Bushehr facility facility uses low-enriched uranium, sourced from Russia to generate about 1,000 megawatts of electricity.

In over a month-long war in West Asia so far, the U.S. and Israeli forces have carried out several attacks, targeting Iran’s nuclear sites which, in fact, is one of the goals — to obliterate Tehran’s alleged nuclear program.

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On the morning of Saturday, a projectile struck near the perimeter of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, killing at least one security personnel, Iranian News Agency Tasnim reported.

According to the report, the incident did not impact the main parts of the plant, but it did damage an auxiliary building. Meanwhile, the production is reported to be unaffected.

The strike followed a warning by U.S. President Donald Trump of potential strikes on Iran’s infrastructure, including bridges and electric power plants.

In a message posted on Truth Social, Trump said the U.S. military “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran.”