Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant undergoes unexplained emergency outage
i24NEWSJune 20, 2021, 08:48 PMlatest revision June 20, 2021, 10:18 PM
Officials did not comment on the cause of the shutdown
Iran’s nuclear power plant in he province of Bushehr has undergone on Sunday an emergency shutdown, state TV reported citing regime officials.
The officials cited in the report did not elaborate the cause of the shutdown.
"It has been temporarily shutdown since yesterday for technical overhaul which will continue for a few days," an official told state TV.
While this is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the Bushehr plant, the incident could represents the latest latest in a series of mysterious explosions and technical malfunctions at sites associated with the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
The Tehran regime has blamed those on the country's enemies, particularly the United States and Israel.
The incident comes a day after ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner of the Islamic Republic's presidential election.
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