The pullout involved a fleet of Russian Il-76 military cargo planes which, while extracting staff, reportedly delivered weapons to the region. The state nuclear agency Rosatom previously conducted a large-scale withdrawal from the facility on Feb. 28, when 94 staff members were removed in a single day.
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Russia Completes Evacuation of Nuclear Staff from Iran's Bushehr Plant
Geopolitics2 days ago
Russian government officials have finished the removal of nuclear scientists and staff from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran. The operation ended after several evacuation flights to Bushehr Air Base, with a Russian Air Force Tu-134B-3 VIP transport aircraft departing Tehran's Mehrabad airport to carry personnel out of the country.
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