{"id":9184,"date":"2026-04-05T04:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9184"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:58:04","slug":"130033576-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9184","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Serious risk of radioactive contamination&#8217;: Iran FM writes to UN over Bushehr nuclear strikes &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130033719,imgsize-866880,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130033719.jpg\" alt=\"'Serious risk of radioactive contamination': Iran FM writes to UN over Bushehr nuclear strikes\" title=\"Abbas Araghchi (Image\/ANI) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Abbas Araghchi (Image\/ANI) \">Abbas Araghchi (Image\/ANI) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in response to recent US-Israeli strikes targeting Tehran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear power plant.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In his letter, Araghchi wrote: \u201cThe 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.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>This comes after a projectile struck near the perimeter of the Bushehr plant on Saturday, killing one member of the site\u2019s physical protection staff and damaging a nearby building.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Reports confirmed that while auxiliary structures were affected, the main plant and electricity production remained unharmed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Araghchi emphasized that the proximity of such strikes to an active nuclear facility creates an intolerable situation with the potential for radiological release. He urged the need for international attention to prevent escalation around nuclear infrastructure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), led by Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, also expressed deep concern over the incident. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>In a statement shared on X, the agency confirmed that this marked the fourth attack near Bushehr in recent weeks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cNuclear power plant sites and surrounding areas must never be targeted. Auxiliary buildings may contain critical safety equipment. Maximum military restraint is essential to prevent a nuclear accident,\u201d Grossi said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The IAEA confirmed no increase in radiation levels at the site and highlighted that attacks near nuclear facilities significantly increase the risk of potential accidents.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The incident at Bushehr is part of a series of recent strikes in the West Asia conflict. The war which started on February 28 involves Iran, Israel and the United States. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/serious-risk-of-radioactive-contamination-iran-fm-writes-to-un-over-bushehr-nuclear-strikes\/articleshow\/130033576.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbas Araghchi (Image\/ANI) Iran&#8217;s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has written a letter to UN Secretary-General&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23138,23139,23140,23137,14304],"class_list":["post-9184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abbas-araghchi-letter-un","tag-bushehr-nuclear-facility-security","tag-iaea-concerns-bushehr","tag-iran-nuclear-power-plant-attack","tag-us-israel-strikes-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}