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Iran, Russia to sign nuclear plants contract

Tehran, Nov 11, IRNA – Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi is to sign new contracts with Russia on building nuclear power plants. He left Tehran for Moscow Tuesday morning for a one-day visit at the head of a high ranking delegation. After signing the cooperation agreement, Salehi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Kiriyenko are going to take part in a joint press conference. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, the vice-president said under the contract two power plants will be constructed in Iran in cooperation with Russia. Earlier, the AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said construction of the new Iranian nuclear power plants is expected to start by the end of 2014 and take between 5-7 years to complete. Iran and Russia are working together to finalize the agreements, which he said contain legal, commercial and technical aspects, he said. He added that in his talks with Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko, they had nearly concluded an agreement on construction of two power plants equipped with water desalination units near the current Bushehr Power Plant./end

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