Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant comes under attack again

Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has once again come under attack as the United States and Israel continue their aggression against the Islamic Republic.

According to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, a projectile struck the facility around 21:08 on Tuesday, marking an alarming escalation in the US-Israeli terrorism against Iran’s civilian infrastructure. 

The latest incident follows a previous attack on the plant on March 5, raising significant concerns over the dire consequences of such a criminal action.

Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Ali Bahreini voiced grave concerns about the repercussions of such hostile acts.

In a letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Bahreini highlighted the environmental impact of attacks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities and oil storage facilities, stating such actions pose a significant and long-term threat to public health.

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He outlined the extensive damage inflicted upon Iran’s healthcare sector due to ongoing assaults.

According to Bahreini, the aggressions have led to the loss of 21 health workers’ lives, left seven hospitals inoperable, damaged 49 medical facilities, and resulted in the destruction of 81,000 civilian housing units.

The ambassador underscored the urgent need for international bodies, including the World Health Organization, to intervene and address the health and environmental ramifications of these ongoing hostilities.

He emphasized that these acts of aggression are a clear violation of international and humanitarian laws.

The International Atomic ‌Energy Agency ‌on Tuesday said ‌it had ⁠been informed by ⁠Iran that a projectile struck the premises of the Bushehr NPP.

Russia, which has helped to build the first Iranian nuclear power plant, warned on Monday that US-Israeli strikes near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran ‌are extremely dangerous.

Such strikes could have irreparable consequences, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

On March 17, the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said that a ‌strike carried out "on the territory adjacent to the building of the metrological service, located on the site ‌of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in close proximity to the operating power unit."

Russia condemned a strike on the territory of the plant ‌and called for de-escalation around the facility.

Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev said Wednesday the situation at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant continues to develop along a worst-case scenario.

Likhachev said Rosatom had begun a third phase of ‌personnel evacuation, with one group departing by road ⁠towards ⁠the Iranian-Armenian border on Wednesday morning and two more groups set to leave shortly.

Until the situation stabilizes, Rosatom is temporarily reducing the number of staff at the plant to a minimum.

On February 28, the United States and the Israeli regime launched an unprovoked war on Iran, assassinating former Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as well as several top military commanders.

Iran immediately began to retaliate against the aggression by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on the US bases in regional countries.

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