Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom pulled an additional 198 employees from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility on Saturday as conditions around the plant continue to worsen, according to Russian media reports.
The state-owned company has been withdrawing personnel from the Iranian facility since regional warfare erupted in late February.
The latest evacuation had already been scheduled before the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on social media Saturday that a security staff member at the plant had died from projectile debris, while a facility building sustained damage from explosive shockwaves and fragments.
Russian media quoted Rosatom director Alexei Likhachev stating that circumstances around the nuclear plant were developing according to their most dire projections.
Likhachev confirmed that the deceased worker was an Iranian citizen.
According to TASS news agency reports citing Likhachev, Rosatom briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin about the ongoing situation at the nuclear facility.
