Guard killed in fourth attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility

Iranian authorities have reported new attacks targeting both the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and a chemical facility in the country’s southwest, resulting in casualties and damage to infrastructure amid an ongoing escalation.

According to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, cited by Caliber.Az, a projectile struck near the perimeter fence of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant earlier in the day. The impact caused a blast wave that damaged one of the station’s auxiliary buildings and killed a member of the facility’s physical protection service. Officials emphasised that the plant’s main operational units were not affected.

صبح امروز پرتابه‌ای به نزدیکی فنس #نیروگاه_اتمی بوشهر اصابت کرد؛ در پی موج انفجار یکی از ساختمان‌های جانبی آسیب دید و متأسفانه یکی از کارکنان حفاظت فیزیکی به #شهادت رسید. این #چهارمین حمله به نیروگاه #بوشهر در جنگ تحمیلی اخیر است. بخش‌های اصلی نیروگاه آسیبی ندیده‌اند. https://t.co/Dk8TK7OVj3

— Atomic Energy Organization Of Iran (@aeoi_ir) April 4, 2026

The incident marks the fourth reported attack on the Bushehr facility since the latest phase of tensions began.

Separately, Iran’s Mizan news agency reported an airstrike on a chemical plant located in the port of Imam Khomeini. The deputy governor of Khuzestan province for security affairs confirmed that part of the plant’s territory sustained damage, while noting that the Amir Kabir company operating in the area was not impacted.

Authorities said that, according to the latest available information, five people were injured in the attack targeting the special economic zone of the chemical complex in Mahshahr and the port of Imam Khomeini.

By Tamilla Hasanova