Russia to construct eight nuclear power plants in Iran - IRNA
Iranian state media claimed that at least four of the new power plants would be in Bushehr, where Russia helped Iran construct their first nuclear reactor.
Russia signed an agreement to construct eight nuclear power plants in Iran, including four in Bushehr, according to a report on Monday by Iran's state media IRNA, which cited the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
In April, Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said that Russia would fund the construction of a new nuclear plant in Iran.
The two countries will undertake "the construction of new nuclear energy facilities and the completion of phases two and three of the Bushehr power plant using Moscow's credit line," Paknejad said.
Russia has helped Iran build its first nuclear reactor at Bushehr, in the south of the country.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said that Iran is his "biggest preoccupation" when discussing nuclear-powered countries in a Friday interview with the Financial Times.
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