Iran’s Only Operational Nuclear Power Plant Risks Shutdown

Iran’s only operational nuclear power plant risks shutdown as the U.S. sanctions prevent the Islamic Republic from transferring money internationally to buy equipment, an executive of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran was quoted as saying on Monday. Mahmoud Jafari, a deputy at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant was “facing the risk of shutdown,” because of the inability to buy the necessary equipment from outside Iran, Bloomberg reports, citing the semi-official Iranian Students’…