{"id":5919,"date":"2026-04-07T06:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/why-is-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-being-attacked\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:40:02","slug":"why-is-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-being-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/why-is-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-being-attacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Iran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear power plant being attacked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WHO has warned of \u2018catastrophic\u2019 risks if radioactive release occurs.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has been targeted four times since the United States-Israel war on Iran began more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>And the World Health Organization (WHO has warned of \u201ccatastrophic\u201d risks if a radioactive release occurs.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/6\/where-are-irans-power-plants-that-trump-has-threatened-to-destroy\">Where are Iran\u2019s power plants that Trump has threatened to destroy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/5\/why-an-attack-on-bushehr-nuclear-plant-would-be-catastrophic-for-the-gulf\">Why an attack on Bushehr nuclear plant would be catastrophic for the Gulf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/4\/iaea-says-projectile-hits-near-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant-killing-one\">Projectile hits near Iran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear plant, killing one: IAEA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Tehran has accused the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog of inaction \u2013 an allegation that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rejects. But it does acknowledge that the situation is of deep concern.<\/p>\n<p>Why are the attacks happening, and what risks do they pose?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter<\/strong>: James Bays<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Tariq Rauf \u2013 Former head of verification and security policy coordination at the IAEA<\/p>\n<p>Abas Aslani \u2013 Senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Sanders-Zakre \u2013 Head of policy at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WHO has warned of \u2018catastrophic\u2019 risks if radioactive release occurs. Iran\u2019s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has been targeted four times since the United States-Israel war on Iran began more than a month ago. And the World Health Organization (WHO has warned of \u201ccatastrophic\u201d risks if a radioactive release occurs. Recommended Stories list of 3 &#8230; <a title=\"Why is Iran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear power plant being attacked?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/why-is-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-being-attacked\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why is Iran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear power plant being attacked?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}