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March 2, 2026 Peace and security
On the third day of escalating violence in the Middle East, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called for a return to diplomacy, citing "growing threats to nuclear security." He addressed the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna.
Nuclear danger
According to Grossi, there are currently no signs of damage to any of Iran's nuclear facilities, including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and the Tehran Research Reactor. Since the bombings began, radiation levels in countries bordering Iran have remained within normal limits.
Nevertheless, Grossi warned of a growing nuclear threat, as Iran and many other countries in the region that have been subjected to military attacks have nuclear facilities. He noted that the UAE operates four nuclear reactors, while Jordan and Syria operate nuclear research reactors. Other countries in the region also utilize nuclear technology in one form or another.
Grossi called for "maximum restraint in all military operations."
Regional stability is under attack
Meanwhile, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Gulf states hit by Iran's retaliatory ballistic missile and drone strikes condemned attacks on their sovereignty and called on Tehran to stop any "hostile escalation" that could threaten regional stability.
So far, missile strikes have been reported in Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in Israel, whose armed forces responded to Hezbollah strikes from Lebanon on Monday.
According to incoming reports, 550 civilians have died in Iran since Saturday. On Sunday, the Gandhi Hospital in Tehran was damaged, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.
“Healthcare facilities are protected by international humanitarian law,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on his X platform page.
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The UN Human Rights Council meeting room.
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council, UAE representative Shahad Matar said that Iranian attacks in her country have killed three civilians and injured 58 others since Saturday, February 28.
"This blatant and cowardly attack is a brutal… flagrant violation of our sovereignty, international law and the UN Charter," Shahad said.
Kuwaiti representative Nasser Abdullah H.M. Alhaene condemned the Iranian missile strikes.
Attack on a school in Minab
In response, Iran told the UN Human Rights Council that the country continues to be subjected to "indiscriminate and aggressive" attacks. The day before, Tehran confirmed the death of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"In recent days, schools have been bombed, hospitals have been indiscriminately attacked, civilian leaders, including the spiritual and religious supreme leader, have been killed, and the headquarters of the Iranian Red Crescent Society and many other non-military buildings have been destroyed," Iranian spokesman Ali Bahreini said.
He said that, according to the latest data, more than 160 students were killed and more than 100 were injured after Saturday's attack on a girls' school in the city of Minab in southern Iran.
UNESCO issued a statement on Sunday stressing that educational institutions are protected by international humanitarian law and that "attacks on educational institutions endanger students and teachers and undermine the right to education."
Threat of further escalation
"The ongoing illegal military aggression against Iran demonstrates the dominance of brute force over human rights principles," Bahraini told the Human Rights Council.
Earlier on Monday, Iran also sent a letter to member states of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and declared its right to self-defense "as long as the aggression continues."
Due to the "war of aggression," all US military "bases, facilities and assets" are now "legitimate targets," Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva said.
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