Iranian FM Warns Of Regional Nuclear Fallout Following Bushehr Strike

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ** BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 4.** Any radiation at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant can destroy the capitals of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states instead of Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on his X page, Trend reports.

According to him, the U.S. and Israel have bombed the Bushehr NPP four times so far.

Aragchi said that attacks on Iran’s petrochemical infrastructure also show the goals of the opposing sides.

A missile hit the Bushehr NPP today, amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran. As a result, one of the plant’s guards was killed.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran, striking major cities, including Tehran. The White House cited missile and nuclear threats originating from the Islamic Republic as justification for the attacks. The strikes reportedly killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several other senior officials. In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a large-scale retaliatory operation against Israel and has targeted U.S. facilities across Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Syria using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.

The conflict has placed the region’s energy infrastructure and maritime shipping under serious threat. Due to security tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, global oil prices have risen significantly. Iran fully controls the Strait of Hormuz and allows passage only to vessels it deems necessary.

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