Hyderabad, Oct. 23 -- Several Russian military cargo aircraft have reportedly landed at Bushehr Air Base in southern Iran as Moscow prepares to evacuate personnel from the nearby Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, according to The Hormuz Report.

Flight-tracking data showed that the aircraft included an Ilyushin Il-76TD from Novosibirsk. Iranian sources cited by the outlet said the flights were linked to the withdrawal of Russian staff and suggested that weapons were also being transported.

This is not the first evacuation from the facility. Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, withdrew 94 people on February 28, the day the war began, followed by 163 in late March and another 198 in early April. Some personnel returned in August as ten...