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US strikes hit Bushehr, Iranian city home to country’s sole civilian nuclear plant
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A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, October 26, 2010. (Majid Asgaripour/Mehr News Agency via AP)
TEHRAN, Iran — US strikes hit several locations in Iran’s southern port city of Bushehr, home to the country’s only civilian nuclear plant, state media reports.
“A few minutes ago, several locations in Bushehr city were hit by the American enemy’s projectiles,” says Bushehr governor Mohammad Mozaffari, as quoted by official state news agency IRNA.
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