Concerns over nuclear ‘contamination’ amid rising civilian casualties from Israeli strikes
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi, reporting from Iran’s capital, Tehran, said civilian casualties from Israeli attacks are mounting alongside concerns over radiological leaks from the bombing of nuclear sites.
“We’ve got reports about casualties, civilian casualties from day one, and we are now in day six of this escalated situation,” Asadi said.
“Civilian casualties – women and children – are being killed as a result of this round of strikes by the Israelis. We have seen footage and reports coming from across the country. Here in Tehran, we’ve seen lots of civilian casualties,” he said.
“Also, there was this concern about contamination as the Israelis continue to say and conduct strikes on the nuclear facilities of the country. Today we heard about two points being targeted: one in the eastern parts of Tehran and the other near Karaj city,” he said.
“We see an already escalated situation,” he added.
This combination of handout satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows, left and right, an Iranian nuclear facility at Piranshahr in northwestern Iran on May 22, 2025, and again on June 13, 2025, after it was hit by Israeli strikes [Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies/AFP]
Iran intercepts Israeli drones over Tehran: Report
Iran’s SNN news agency is reporting that Iranian forces have activated air defences over Tehran and shot down several drones over Tehran’s outskirts.
