- MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia is
a likely partner in a plan envisaging construction of 20 nuclear power
stations in Iran, a senior member of Iran's parliament said Friday.
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- "A plan has been approved in parliament obliging
the government to study the possibility of building 20 nuclear power stations
... Various countries, including Russia, can participate and we hope Russia
will continue to cooperate with us on this question," Kazem Jalali,
the spokesman of the Iranian parliament's foreign affairs committee, said.
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- Jalali was speaking during a visit by an Iranian delegation
to the Russian capital aimed at developing economic ties between the two
countries.
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- Russia is constructing Iran's first nuclear reactor at
Bushehr, part of a technological cooperation agreement with Tehran in 2002
that opened the way for construction of up to five reactors over the coming
10 years.
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- Iran to continue nuclear cooperation with Russia: official
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- Iran intends to continue cooperation with Russia in the
nuclear energy sector, Mohammad Khoshchehreh, told Interfax in Moscow on
Friday.
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- Khoshchehreh is currently visiting Moscow and has held
meetings with leaders from the State Duma and Federation Council on prospects
for continued nuclear cooperation. In particular, he met with Federal Atomic
Energy Agency chief Alexander Rumyantsev.
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- "There are no concerns that Russia might be ousted
from the Iranian power industry market," said Khoshchehreh, who is
a parliamentary deputy specializing in relations with Russia. Iran is satisfied
with how Russian specialists are constructing the Bushehr nuclear power
plant, he said.
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- http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/11/2005&Cat=2&Num=002
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