New Delhi (India) April 5:According to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, a further bombardment of the Bushehr nuclear power plant would not only affect Tehran but would also result in radioactive contamination of cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Araghchi Slams West's Silence

Araghchi felt Western governments should have spoken up about the latest Bushehr attacks. Iran's Foreign Minister implied that the geography of Bushehr might allow the nuclear fallout to primarily affect the countries surrounding the Gulf, like Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rather than Iran's capital, Tehran.
He asked, “Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine?”
"Israel US have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in Gulf Cooperation Council capitals, not Tehran. Attacks on our petrochemicals also convey real objectives,” he said.

UN Warned of Severe Radioactive Risk

Iran was also cautioned about the "risk of severe radioactive contamination" arising from the power plant attacks in a similar letter addressed to the United Nations.
"The repeated attacks by the aggressors in the vicinity of the active Bushehr nuclear power plant are of great concern. They expose the entire region to a serious risk of radioactive contamination with grave human and environmental consequences," he said in his letter.
This recent attack on Bushehr happens as the US and Israel have decided to further intensify their campaign against Iranian manufacturing units. The risk involved in targeting nuclear and petrochemical establishments cannot be ignored.

WHO Chief Urges De-Escalation

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization warned of the dangers associated with nuclear facilities in Iran.
He said, "I join the IAEA in raising the alarm again over the safety of nuclear facilities in Iran. The latest incident involving the Bushehr nuclear power plant is a stark reminder: a strike could trigger a nuclear accident, with health impacts that would devastate generations. With every passing day of this escalating conflict, the stakes and threats are raised higher and higher. We must de-escalate now. Peace is the best medicine.”

Fourth Strike Kills Guard, No Radiation Spike Yet

At a nuclear power plant near Bushehr, which is one of the nuclear power plants of Iran in southern Iran by the gulf, a projectile resulting from a US-Israel strike inflicted a casualty on Saturday, However it did not lead to any damage to the plant. Though a guard of the plant lost his life. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the attack did not result in a rise in radiation levels. This would be the fourth bomb on the area since the conflict between the United States and Israel began on February 28. Throughout the war in West Asia, Iran's nuclear installations have been impacted by multiple military air operations by the United States and Israel, targeting various major sites throughout the country.