- Iran said today it is planning to build more nuclear
power plants with Russian help, ignoring U.S. concerns that byproducts
from the plants could be used to manufacture nuclear bombs.
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- Asadollah Sabouri, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization
of Iran in charge of nuclear power plants, said today that Iran has contracts
with Russia to build more nuclear reactors. He said that Iran's contract
with Russia is to build more than one nuclear power plant.
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- The United States has accused Iran of seeking nuclear
weapons but Iran has denied the charges, saying its nuclear program is
geared only toward producing electricity, not nuclear weapons.
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- 'Earlier today, Sabouri said that Iran's first nuclear
reactor, being constructed with Russian help in Bushehr, will not enter
service until 2006, a year later than originally planned.
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- (wire reports)
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