Russian embassy in Tehran rejects claims of staff evacuation from Bushehr plant
The Russian embassy in Tehran said its diplomats and specialists at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant have no plans to leave, calling the reports false.
A statement from Russia's Tehran embassy refuted rumors that embassy personnel and nuclear experts were preparing to exit the Bushehr facility. The embassy described the allegations as fabricated and affirmed that operations at Iran's sole operating nuclear power plant continue unchanged. Bushehr has previously been hit in attacks linked to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Satellite images from July showed interior damage at the site.
Why it matters
It clarifies the status of Russian personnel at a strategically sensitive nuclear site amid regional tensions.
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