Rosatom evacuates staff from Iran's Bushehr plant

Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has completed the evacuation of more than 600 of its employees from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, stated that only 20 volunteers remain at the Bushehr site and four in Tehran to maintain infrastructure and liaise with the local customer, which has halted all construction. The evacuation included the employees' pets. This major drawdown of foreign nuclear experts from a critical Iranian facility occurs amid heightened regional tensions and a stalled diplomatic process between Iran and the United States.