Iran and Russia have highlighted the necessity of continuing bilateral cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy. On Thursday, Deputy Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Ahmadian and Sergei Kiriyenko, director general of Russia's nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, sat down for talks in Moscow, IRNA ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has exchanged views with senior Russian officials over the construction of new nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Iran. In a Thursday interview with Russian-language news channel Rossiya 24 during his visit to Moscow, Zarif said, We discussed our nuclear cooperation, construction of NPPs, construction ...

Daily look at Iran's late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran-IAEA talks postponed to early Feb Irans permanent envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Head of Iranian negotiating team with the agency said talks between Iran and the agency scheduled for late January have been postponed to early February.  ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko said that Russia is currently in talks with Tehran to build new nuclear power units at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. "The Iranian government is discussing possible expansion of Bushehr. For that reason, given of course compliance with all international norms and regulations, this (construction) is ...

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has asked the administration of President Hassan Rouhani to allocate a share in next year's budget to finance new nuclear power plants in the country. AEOI head, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Sunday that the organization has sent a letter to Rouhani, asking the president to allocate a sum in the budget for ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has plans to generate more electricity through the nuclear energy in the coming years by building a second nuclear power plant in the Southern province of Bushehr, President Hassan Rouhani announced. Our first nuclear power plant is active in the (Bushehr) province which will develop, God willing, Rouhani said, addressing provincial ...

Iran and Russia are in talks to build another nuclear plant at Bushehr, with construction set to begin in 2014, media Sunday reported nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. "With the progress made in the Geneva talks, next year we will see the start of construction on another nuclear power plant in Bushehr," said Salehi of the landmark deal ...