A team�of lawmakers from the Iranian�Parliament (Majlis)�s Energy Committee�has visited the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the south of the country.

As many as ten committee members toured the�facility on Monday and�discussed�different issues relevant to the power�station,�IRNA reported.

�The visit by�the members of�the Parliament�s Energy Committee�is in line with their supervisory duties,� said chairman of the committee�Ali Marvi.

The Bushehr plant officially began its operations in September 2011, generating electricity at 40 percent capacity. The commercial production of the plant is expected to start�later in 2015.

Iran signed a contract with Russia�over the construction of the Bushehr plant in 1995.

The facility, constructed some 18 kilometers south of the�southern city of Bushehr,�is the first civilian nuclear power project in the Middle East and operates under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

By Press TV