Building two nuclear plants awaits authorization by Rouhani and Putin: Salehi
TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, promised on Tuesday that the nuclear industry would get a new jump if President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin give the go-ahead for the construction two more nuclear power plants at the site of the Bushehr nuclear plant with a value of 10 billion dollars.
The remarks by Salehi came after Rouhani and Putin met in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday.
“During the visit of Mr. Rouhani to Azerbaijan and his talks with Mr. Putin on the sidelines of the trilateral summit negotiations were held on breaking the ground for two new (nuclear power) plants. And if an authorization is given for breaking the ground by the presidents we will have a project at a value of 10 billion dollars which will create a new reform in the country’s nuclear industry,” Salhei stated.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Salehi said that the major European banks are not cooperating with Iran, fearing a penalty by the U.S.
Salehi, a nuclear physicist, also said that Iran has not stopped producing heavy water, adding the extra amount of the product will be exported.
He also called on the critics of the nuclear deal to make a “fair” judgment and focus on the national interests.
Iran and the 5+1 group - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany - finalized the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on July 2015. The nuclear agreement went into effect in January 2016.
‘Islamic Revolution’s message’
Salehi also said that Western countries have no problem with Iran’s science, technology, business, but they are concerned about the “Islamic Revolution’s message” to the world.
“We presented to the world ideology, political philosophy and new method of ruling through our revolution,” he remarked.
It is proven that this “new philosophy” can be efficient is resisting against difficulties, he said.
NA/PA
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