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Iran: None of those wounded in US strikes show ‘signs of radioactive contamination’

By AFP 22 June 2025, 6:41 pm 4 Edit
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies, and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies, and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

Iran’s health ministry acknowledges that US strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities wounded an unspecified number of people, but none “showed any signs of radioactive contamination” after seeking treatment.

“For years, the Ministry of Health has set up nuclear emergency units in the nearest medical facilities to nuclear sites,” ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour says on X. “Fortunately, none of the injured individuals who were transferred to these centers following the American bombardment showed any signs of radioactive contamination.”

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