Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
US-Israeli strike near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant kills one: state media
Tehran, April 4 (AFP) Apr 04, 2026
A projectile from a US-Israeli attack struck near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, killing one person, state media reported, as the foreign minister warned against further attacks on the site.

The strike was the fourth targeting the area since the outbreak of Iran's war with the United States and Israel on February 28, according to the official IRNA news agency.

The Bushehr plant is located in southern Iran on the Gulf coast.

"Following the US-Zionist criminal attacks, this Saturday morning, around 8:30 am, a projectile hit the area near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the southwest," IRNA said.

It added that one of the facility's guards was killed but noted there was no damage to the plant itself.

Later, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said continued attacks on the site could eventually lead to radioactive fallout that would "end life in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) capitals, not Tehran".

No increase in radiation levels was reported following Saturday's strike, according the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The agency's chief Rafael Grossi called for "maximum military restraint to avoid risk of a nuclear accident", according to a post by the agency on X.


ADVERTISEMENT




 WAR.WIRE

SINO.WIRE

NUKE.WIRE

All rights reserved. Copyright Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.