Iran, Russia To Sign Nuclear Plants Deal Tuesday
Source: Agence France-Presse
Tehran’s atomic energy agency head to travel to Moscow to seal construction agreement for two 1,000-megawatt facilities
By AFP November 10, 2014, 9:59 am
The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency will travel to Russia Tuesday to sign a construction deal for two nuclear power plants on Iran’s southern Gulf shores, local media reported.
Ali Akbar Salehi’s visit will cap months of negotiations between Iran and Russia, and comes as the Islamic republic faces a November 24 deadline for a long-term nuclear agreement with world powers.
“I am going to Moscow to sign an agreement for the construction of new nuclear power plants,” Salehi was quoted as saying on Sunday by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.
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Under a provisional agreement, Russia will build two 1,000-megawatt plants next to Iran’s sole existing plant in the southern Gulf port city of Bushehr.
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