Iran’s only nuclear power plant was mysteriously shut down just hours after the election of a new hardline president which sparked condemnation from Israel.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant, in southern Iran, shut down on Saturday and is expected to be out of action for ‘three to four days’ while ‘repairs’ are carried out, officials said – without explaining why repairs were needed.
Just hours beforehand, Iran had announced that Ebrahim Raisi – known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ for his part in the execution of some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 – had been elected as its new president.
