Iranian official accuses US of launching airstrike near Bushehr nuclear power plant; no acknowledgment by US

Dubai, Jul 9 (AP) An Iranian official accused the United States of conducting an airstrike near the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Thursday, something not immediately acknowledged by American officials. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ehsan Jahanian, a local official in Bushehr, as accusing the US of striking near Iran's sole nuclear power plant. He said the strike came around noon, hours after the US military's Central Command said it had ended its strikes on Iran. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment. During the Iran war, several strikes hit in the area around the plant, which is managed by Russian technicians, but caused no damage to the plant itself. (AP) NPK NPK