US, Israel to blame for war crimes over attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites
Iran called on the international community to adopt a “zero-tolerance policy” toward armed attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities, telling a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors that the United States and Israel carried out 17 waves of strikes against Iranian safeguarded nuclear sites in 2025 and 2026.
In a statement, Iran’s delegation said one of the gravest attacks targeted a structure just 350 meters from the reactor at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which contains thousands of kilograms of nuclear material. The IAEA chief has previously said a direct hit on the plant could result in a “very high release of radioactivity to the environment.”
Iran said the attacks constitute war crimes and acts of aggression, entailing international responsibility and individual criminal liability for the perpetrators. It recalled that UN Security Council Resolution 487 (1981) condemned a previous Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear facility and obliged Israel to refrain from any such acts in the future.
The United States has opposed two previous IAEA General Conference resolutions on prohibiting attacks on nuclear installations, both proposed by Iran, the statement said.