Russia launches 24/7 radiation monitoring on border with Azerbaijan amid Israeli strikes on Iran

On June 14, the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) introduced around-the-clock monitoring of radiation levels in southern Dagestan in the Russian-Azerbaijani border amid Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Experts emphasised that so far, no increase above the natural background gamma radiation levels has been detected in the region, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.

Meanwhile, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) also reported no leaks following Israeli strikes on nuclear sites in Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz.

Earlier reports said that Azerbaijan was also checking radiation levels on the border with Iran in the Astara region and had not yet detected any dangerous signals.

On June 13, Israel struck the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran and key sites of Iran's nuclear program. IRGC commander Hossein Salami and several nuclear scientists were killed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the attack was directed against Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

The Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (often known by its Russian acronym Rospotrebnadzor) is a Russian federal executive body responsible for supervising and enforcing regulations related to consumer rights, public health, and sanitary-epidemiological welfare.

By Khagan Isayev