Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has commented on a reported attack near the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
He writes on social media: “Do you remember the Western outrage over the hostilities near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine? Israel and the United States of America have bombed our nuclear power plant in Bushehr four times so far.”
He added: “The radioactive fallout will end life in the capitals of the Gulf Cooperation Council, not in Tehran. The attacks on our petrochemicals also target real targets.”
The US and Israel have not yet confirmed their involvement in the attack.
The area around the Bushehr nuclear power plant was attacked this Saturday for the fourth time during the current war, according to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
The organization reports that one of the plant's physical protection workers was killed during the attack and accuses the US and Israel of responsibility.
The organization's statement says that initial investigations suggest that the incident "caused no damage" to major parts of the plant and its operation "was not affected." However, it warns that due to the "significant amounts of radioactive material," any serious damage could risk a "major nuclear accident."
Bushehr is Iran's only operational nuclear power plant and was completed with Russian assistance. Moscow has evacuated many of its staff from the plant. The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation, Alexei Likhachev, said two days ago that a "final wave of evacuations" involving about 200 people was tentatively planned for next week.

Iran's nuclear program has long been a point of contention, leading to widespread international sanctions. The US-Israeli war against Iran began on February 28, two days after a third round of indirect US-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva.