VIENNA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, will hold an emergency meeting on Monday at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) to discuss U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, the watchdog said in a statement.

The meeting was requested by Russia.

Any board member can call a meeting. Monday’s emergency meeting will start an hour before a long-scheduled quarterly meeting of the board at which Iran’s nuclear programme was already on the agenda. Diplomats said there was no indication Iranian nuclear facilities were struck on Saturday.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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