Russia is ready to evacuate its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant if necessary, TASS reports
Source: Reuters
Russia is ready to evacuate its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant if necessary, TASS reports
Reuters
Thu, January 29, 2026 at 7:56 AM EST
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MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Russia is ready to evacuate its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant if necessary, Alexei Likhachev, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation, was cited as saying on Thursday by the state news agency TASS.
President Vladimir Putin said last year that hundreds of Russians were working at the facility, Iran's only operating nuclear power plant, which Moscow built for Iran.
More nuclear facilities are currently being built at the Bushehr site by Russia.
A U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in June last year did not target Bushehr. Likhachev warned at the time that an attack on the site could trigger a catastrophe comparable to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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