Iran says ‘no signs of contamination' after US strikes 3 nuclear facilities
Iranian authorities have said that there were no signs of contamination at its nuclear sites in Isfahan, Fordow and Natanz after the United States carried out air strikes targeted at the facilities on Saturday night, Associated Press reported.
The Iranian state media quoted the country's National Nuclear Safety System Centre which released a statement after the US strikes that its radiation detectors recorded no release of radioactive materials.
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Iran's National Nuclear Safety System Centre further stated that there is no danger to the residents living near the nuclear sites of Isfahan, Fordow and Natanz. Israel, which had launched 'Operation Rising Lion' last Friday to restrict Iran from enriching uranium and dismantling its nuclear program, had attacked the nuclear sites but similarly no release of radioactive material was recorded into the environment around the facilities.
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the United States conducted air strikes at three Iranian nuclear facilities, and declared that it was a 'very successful attack' which has 'completely and totally obliterated' Tehran's nuclear programme.
Trump further warned Iran that the path forward held 'either peace or tragedy', and cautioned the Islamic country that many more targets remain on the radar of the US military. Trump, while addressing the country in a televised address on Saturday said, 'The strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally destroyed.'
The strikes by the US come after about two months of deliberation between the Trump administration and the Iranian authorities to broker a nuclear deal, which failed after Israel launched its offensive against Tehran last week. The US military's strikes marks a major escalation in the conflict as America has formally joined Israel's military campaign against Iran.
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has called out the United States for its targeted strikes in Iran and said that it is a violation of the UN charter.
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