Rosatom to increase staff at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant to 700 - Likhachev

MOSCOW. Oct 27 (Interfax) - Rosatom intends to increase the number of Russian specialists at Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to 700, the state corporation's chief Alexei Likhachev said.

"We will increase the planned number 700," he told an Interfax reporter.

"Of course, everything depends very much on the military situation. If there are any escalations, we will slow the build up, at a minimum. But right now, we are assuming that we will increase it," he said.