TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) � The AEOI head Ali Akbar Salehi said Tue. the construction of two nuclear power plants with $10bn worth of investment will soon begin on President Rouhani�s orders.


Ali Akbar Salehi, Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI),�referred to the efforts made by the Western countries in exerting pressures and imposing various kinds of threats on the Iranian negotiating team in the course of nuclear talks, adding �their problem is not with our armaments, economy, technology, trade, or even science. Their problem is with the Iranian nation; they are worried about the message of the Islamic Revolution reaching across the world.�

�The US has settled its scores with its potential rivals but Iran has stood up against it,� Salehi said. �This is a serious political challenge that does not form in vacuum and requires producing content and ideologies.�

Salehi went on to add that major European banks are not working with Iran due to pressure from the United States.

�We need to speak up louder to the world and this needs to happen faster,� Salehi said. �The US is worried that the content of the Islamic Republic�s productions would reach the world.�

�It is true that we are slightly behind some other countries in industry and are faced with some challenges in our economy, but we have chosen the right path,� he stressed.

Salehi further noted that with the implementation of the JCPOA, the right to enrichment and heavy water production has been preserved in the country, adding �Iran's heavy water production surplus is currently on a sale agenda and our nuclear industry is functioning well.�

By Mehr News Agency