Deputy foreign minister and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi arrived in Moscow today (Nov. 11) and met with the CEO of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Sergei Kiriyenko for nuclear cooperation.
Russia will build two new nuclear power plant units in Iran under an agreement signed in Moscow on Tuesday between subsidiaries of the two countries' state atomic agencies.
The agreement precedes a Nov. 24 deadline for a deal at talks between Iran and the six states about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Russia, which is involved in those talks, will also cooperate with Tehran on developing more nuclear power units in Iran, and consider producing nuclear fuel components there, according to a memorandum signed by the heads of the state atomic bodies, Sergey Kirienko of Russia's Rosatom and Ali Akbar Salehi of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI).
Iran already runs one Russian-built reactor in its Bushehr power plant which is now fully connected to the national grid and covers part of the country’s needs for electricity.
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