Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has been brought back online after an emergency shutdown two weeks ago, its manager told state media early on July 5. The ISNA news agency quoted Mahmud Jafari as saying that the “technical fault” that shut down the Bushehr plant and its 1,000-megawatt reactor had been “fixed,” allowing the plant to resume power generation and be reconnected. Jafari, who is also deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said power generation had resumed on July 4. He also urged Iranians to “help” the country’s overburdened grid by minimizing power consumption as weather forecasts predicted rising temperatures in the coming days. On June 20, the AEOI blamed “a technical fault” for the plant’s shutdown and said it had given the Energy Ministry one day’s notice before going offline. Last week, Iranian officials said engineers were working to repair the plant’s broken generator. […]