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Radiation drug is distributed to Iranians living near US strike targets (pharma) - C C - Nov 9, 2026
Nuclear war fears rise as radiation drug is distributed to Iranians living near US strike targets
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16278337/nuclear-war-iran-radiation-drug-distribution.html
EXCERPTS: Civilians near the potential targets of a US nuclear strike have reportedly been given a key radiation drug. A medical official from Iran's Ministry of Health claimed that iodine tablets were being distributed to communities within two miles of the country's nuclear facilities, specifically in Isfahan Province.
Last week, President Donald Trump was reportedly considering the use of nuclear weapons to destroy Iran's Natanz enrichment complex and the nearby Pickaxe Mountain underground site – two locations alleged to be part of the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The medical official, who has not been named, told the Times of London: 'Yes, we are distributing iodine. During every war, we have tried to distribute it within a two-to-three-kilometer radius of nuclear facilities.'
The reported distribution comes as the nation has been broadcasting emergency alerts which detail what to do if the US struck these specific sites with a nuclear bomb. If a nuclear weapon is used, or Iran's nuclear sites are badly damaged by a US attack, it can throw radioactive iodine into the air that people breathe in or swallow.
The thyroid gland absorbs this radioactive iodine, which raises the risk of thyroid cancer later on, especially in children. Iodine tablets fill the thyroid with safe, non-radioactive iodine first so the organ absorbs much less of the radioactive fallout.
Despite Iran's denial that the nuclear fallout pills were being handed out, Iranian state-linked media claimed the anti-radiation pills were being handed out and stockpiled at hospitals in the southern city of Bushehr, home to Iran’s only operational nuclear power plant.
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