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UN nuclear chief warns of disaster if Israel hits Iran’s Bushehr plant

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Iran-Israel conflict at the UN headquarters in New York [Angela Weiss/AFP]

Rafael Grossi, chief of the United Nations’s atomic watchdog, has warned that an Israeli strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could trigger a regional catastrophe, as the two countries continue to trade attacks for the eighth straight day.

The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the UN Security Council on Friday that a direct hit on Russian-built Bushehr, located on the the Gulf coast, could “result in a very high release of radioactivity”, with “great consequences” beyond Iran’s borders.

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