DUBAI, 14 November. /TASS/. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), called for preventing attacks on nuclear facilities at a time when tensions between Iran and Israel are increasing.

“Nuclear facilities should not be subjected to attacks, because there may be major radiological consequences that may follow these attacks,” the IAEA chief said at a press conference with the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, broadcast by Iranian State Television. he said.

Earlier, Israel’s new Defense Minister Israel Katz said Iran’s nuclear facilities are more vulnerable than ever and this could help eliminate the threat of destruction hanging over Israel.

On October 1, the Islamic Republic launched a massive missile attack on Israel in response to the killings of senior officials from the Palestinian movement Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to the Israeli side, around 180 bullets were fired and most of them were stopped. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that attacks against Israel could only be expanded further.

On October 26, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out surgical strikes on military targets in Iran “in response to months of attacks.” In the statement made by the General Staff of the Islamic Republic Armed Forces, it was stated that Israel used the Iraqi region controlled by US troops for the attack. 4 Iranian soldiers and 1 civilian died in the attack.