Overview
- IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said strikes near Bushehr pose “a very real danger” to nuclear safety and called for them to stop.
- The agency confirmed four strike or targeting incidents near the plant, with satellite images showing an impact about 75 meters from the site perimeter.
- Site reports relayed to the IAEA say a security worker was killed by shrapnel and a building was damaged by shockwaves, while radiation levels have not increased so far.
- Experts warn a direct hit on the reactor core or spent-fuel pools could release long-lived isotopes such as cesium-137 and carry contamination across the Persian Gulf for decades.
- Rosatom evacuated 198 Russian staff from the site as risks rose, and Iran appealed to the UN as the WHO chief warned a strike could trigger a nuclear accident and advocacy groups said hitting a civilian reactor would be a war crime.