Iran's Russian-operated Bushehr nuclear power plant is running normally and was not struck during the US-Israeli military operation, Rosatom director general Alexei Likhachev confirmed on February 28.

Russian state nuclear corporation evacuated 94 family members of its staff from the country following orders by the Russian embassy for its citizens to leave the Islamic Republic via Azerbaijan and Armenia, as air routes are closed. 

Likhachev said Rosatom had removed the children of employees and family members who wished to leave Iran, with only the minimum necessary personnel remaining at the site.

"Our employees are currently at the Bushehr construction site or in the residential settlement. All necessary security measures are being taken," he said in a statement published on Rosatom's Telegram channel.

A small group of Rosatom staff working in Tehran had been concentrated within the grounds of the Russian Embassy, Likhachev added. He said the situation was being monitored continuously and that additional security measures could be taken if necessary.

He confirmed that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the status of the plant.

Likhachev issued a strong warning against any targeting of nuclear infrastructure. "Under no circumstances can nuclear energy facilities be targets of strikes by armed forces. Making them targets for military strikes is unacceptable and suicidal," he said.

The statement came after reports that a missile strike had landed near the city of Bushehr, in close proximity to the plant, during the US-Israeli operation earlier in the day.

Russia built and continues to service the Bushehr plant, Iran's only operational civilian nuclear power station, under a bilateral agreement. Any damage to the facility would carry significant radiological risks given its location on the Persian Gulf coast.

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