Russia started a planned evacuation of 198 workers from Iran’s Bushehr atomic plant shortly after a US-Israeli projectile hit near the facility, Russian state media said on Saturday.
This was a third evacuation from the facility in southern Iran on the Gulf coast, which was built with Moscow’s help, with about 100 Russian staff remaining there by now.
The area around Bushehr has been struck four times during this war. The latest attack on Saturday saw one person — a guard at the facility — killed, but did not damage the plant itself, according to Iranian state media.
“The likelihood of a risk of damage or a potential nuclear incident is, unfortunately, only increasing, as has been confirmed by this morning’s events,” the Rosatom CEO said.
The agency plans to keep only a skeleton staff at Bushehr amid the threat of further strikes.
The Russian foreign ministry slammed the “evil” US-Israeli attack and urged a cessation of hostilities on Iranian nuclear facilities immediately. (AFP)
