Iranian official accuses US of launching an airstrike near Bushehr nuclear power plant; no acknowledgment by US
Iranian officials said debris hit the plant’s perimeter as U.S. Central Command said it struck 90 Iranian military targets in the latest round of attacks.
- On Thursday, Iranian officials claimed American forces targeted the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, located 1,200 kilometers from Tehran, though Washington has not acknowledged the strikes.
- Central Command reported striking 90 Iranian military targets, including air defense and missile storage sites, following 80 strikes on July 7 aimed at degrading Iran's maritime attack capabilities.
- Located 17 kilometers from Bushehr, the site is described as 'Iran's and the Middle East's first nuclear power plant.' The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed no radiation rise despite previous attacks.
- In retaliation, the Iranian military announced it struck 'key infrastructure and facilities' at United States bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, targeting Arifjan, Ali Al Salem, Juffair, and Sheikh Isa.
- Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned that 'radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran,' as Iran claims the American military has targeted the plant five times this year.
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Bushehr's vice-governor said the attack on the military facility was carried out by the "American-Zionist enemy." A U.S. Defense member said the country did not carry out the attack.
Iranian state media claimed this Thursday that a U.S.-Israeli shell hit a military base outside the city of Bushehr, which houses Iran's only functioning nuclear power plant. "A few moments ago, a military barracks outside Bushehr was attacked and hit by a U.S.-Zionist enemy projectile," said Bushehr province's deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian, quoted by the state news agency IRNA.
As announced by Donald Trump a few hours earlier, the US Army conducted a series of strikes against Iranian military installations on the night of Wednesday 8 to Thursday 9 July. In retaliation, the Revolutionary Guards announced attacks on US bases in Kuwait.
Tehran claims that a shell hit a military base in Bushehr
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