Russia halts construction work at Bushehr nuclear plant due to strikes on Iran

MOSCOW: Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, has halted construction work at new units of Iran’s nuclear power plant in the port city of Bushehr because of the US-Israeli air assault on Iran, its chief Alexei Likhachev said on Tuesday. Likhachev had earlier warned of the threat posed by strikes near Iranian nuclear facilities, and ⁠said explosions could be heard “just ⁠kilometers away” from the plant, although the facility itself was not being targeted. Work has been stopped at the construction sites of the second and third units of the plant, ⁠he told journalists.

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