Iraq announced today, Tuesday, that it has begun studying the mechanisms of claiming compensation for the Israeli bombing of the Tammuz nuclear reactor, southeast of Baghdad, in 1981.
The media office of the Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, said - in a statement - that Al-Araji discussed, during a meeting with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Atomic Energy in Baghdad, ways and mechanisms to claim compensation for Iraq for bombing the reactor.
The statement added that this claim comes based on UN Security Council Resolution No. 487 of 1981 and in accordance with the legal means and options that ensure that Iraq obtains its rights, in accordance with international laws and covenants.
He added that during the meeting, it was emphasized that Iraq's rights were in harmony with the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the obligations of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that the axes of the subject would be presented later to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to decide on the mechanisms for establishing Iraq's rights in this file and working to restore them.
And UN Security Council Resolution No. 487 states that Iraq has the right to obtain compensation for the Israeli attack on the Tammuz nuclear reactor, whose construction was supervised by French and Italian engineers.
On June 7, 1981, Israeli planes bombed the reactor, which was still under construction with technical support from France, causing the destruction of large parts of it, and the Israeli attack killed at least 10 Iraqi soldiers and a French civilian.