Overview
- Iran told the IAEA that a projectile fell near the Bushehr nuclear plant, killing a physical protection officer and damaging a building, with no rise in radiation reported.
- The IAEA said this was the fourth such incident in recent weeks near the facility.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi blamed the United States and Israel for attacks near the plant and called them a threat to Iran and the Gulf region.
- Rosatom, the plant’s Russian partner, earlier evacuated 164 employees after a March 27 incident and said conditions at the site were worsening.
- Bushehr is Iran’s only operating nuclear power station on the Persian Gulf coast, so repeated nearby blasts risk worker safety and raise regional alarm even without a radiation release.