RIYADH (The Thursday Times) — Saudi Arabia confirmed Sunday that no radioactive contamination has been detected in the Kingdom or surrounding Gulf states following the United States’ airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The statement from the Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission sought to reassure regional populations amid widespread anxiety over potential fallout from the strikes.
لم يرصد أي آثار إشعاعية على بيئة المملكة، ودول الخليج العربية؛ نتيجة الاستهدافات العسكرية الأمريكية لمرافق إيران النووية.
— هيئة الرقابة النووية والإشعاعية (@SaudiNRRC) June 22, 2025
“No radioactive effects were detected on the environment of the Kingdom and the Arab Gulf states as a result of the American military targeting of Iran’s nuclear facilities,” the commission announced via its official X account.
The announcement came in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch targeted military strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites, including the heavily fortified uranium enrichment facility at Fordow. The airstrikes, carried out early Sunday, followed days of heightened speculation over whether the United States would escalate its involvement in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict.
Kuwait’s National Guard also issued a statement on Sunday, confirming that radiation levels in the country’s airspace and territorial waters remained stable. “The situation is normal,” the statement said, as reported by KUNA News Agency.
Egypt, meanwhile, affirmed that it remains geographically distant from the targeted sites in Iran. The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority said there was no direct threat to Egyptian territory or population stemming from the US strikes on uranium conversion and enrichment sites inside Iran.
The coordinated responses from Gulf and regional nuclear authorities appear aimed at calming fears of radiological contamination, as international concerns mount over the broader implications of military action involving nuclear infrastructure.∎
