Russia seeks ceasefire to evacuate Bushehr nuclear staff

"The travel routes will be communicated to the relevant authorities in Israel and the United States, and we will use all channels to request strict adherence to the ceasefire during the convoy’s movement," the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, was quoted by RIA as saying.

Likhachev said that a "final wave of evacuation" involving about 200 people is tentatively scheduled for next week. Russia built the Iranian nuclear reactor at Bushehr and Rosatom staff are working there on construction of additional units.