Russia Forges Ahead with Iran Reactor

World | December 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Russia and Iran have agreed to speed up the construction of the Islamic republic's first nuclear reactor, in the face of strong American criticism. Russian Atomic Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Gholamreza Aqazadeh, finalised details in Tehran on Wednesday. Mr Rumyantsev brushed aside the concerns of Washington - which sees Iran as part of a global "axis of evil" - saying the project met all international regulations and was for civilian use only. "We always tell our American colleagues that all co-operation between Iran and Russia conforms to international regulations and the resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," he told a news conference. Russia began work building a reactor worth $800m near the south-western port of Bushehr this autumn - the plant is due to be commissioned at the end of 2003.

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