Iran urges IAEA to slam US threats to target Bushehr nuclear power plant

Iran’s Permanent Mission to International Organizations in Vienna urges the UN nuclear watchdog to “swiftly” denounce US threats to attack a nuclear power plant in the south of the country.

In a post on its X account on Monday, the mission said the American officials’ public threat to attack a nuclear power plant inside Iran is a serious material breach of international norms prohibiting any attack on nuclear power plants, apparently referring to the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran.

It warned that any attack on nuclear facilities would result in “devastating and long-lasting negative” impacts on human life and the environment in the Persian Gulf region and far beyond.

The mission emphasized that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “must act swiftly in denouncing those threats and reminding the US of catastrophic consequences of such dangerous acts.”

“All acts of the aggressors are definitely serious and flagrant violations of cardinal principles of international law as well as the norms of jus in bello and thus entail their full international responsibility for their internationally wrongful acts and are liable for all resulting consequences, whether direct or indirect, within or outside the Persian Gulf region,” it pointed out.

The post came in response to the latest threat by US President Donald Trump, who said Saturday night that the United States will “hit and obliterate” Iran’s “various power plants, starting with the biggest one first!” if the country does not “fully open, without threat”, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours from this exact point in time.”

Meanwhile, in an interview with Face The Nation, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Walts said that he "would never take anything off the table for the president," when asked whether Trump would authorize strikes against a nuclear power plant.

ince February 28, when the US and Israel launched their unprovoked aggression, Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas tankers affiliated with the aggressor regimes and those cooperating with them.

The disruption of tanker traffic in the waterway, lying between the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, has triggered a major surge in energy prices.

In a desperate attempt to control the market, Trump said that the US Navy will escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. He even offered political risk insurance for tankers transiting there.

The US president also sought to form a coalition to secure the strait, asking NATO countries to contribute naval and air assets. However, most of Washington’s allies have declined to commit forces.

In reaction to Trump’s threat, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran will give a decisive response to “delirious threats” made against it on the battlefield.

“The Strait of Hormuz is open to all except those who violate our soil. We firmly confront delirious threats on the battlefield,” he emphasized.

The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters also warned of Iran’s “immediate punitive” measures in case of any attack on the country’s fuel and energy infrastructure. The Intelligence Service of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said critical technology centers beyond the region will be targeted within 48 hours.

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