Russia To Deliver Nuclear Fuel To Iran In Three Da

[december]

Russia says nuclear fuel can be shipped to Iran's NPP in 3 days

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01/ 06/ 2007


NOVOSIBIRSK, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant can be shipped from West Siberia within three days, an expert at the Novosibirsk nuclear fuel production facility said Friday.

Russia's Atomstroyexport is building the Bushehr facility, Iran's first nuclear power plant, under a 1995 agreement in the south of the Islamic Republic and is to supply fuel six month prior to the physical launch.

"The fuel is being stored in transport containers and can be sent to the Bushehr NPP within three days after an order," Alexander Ustyugov said.

The $1-billion project, implemented under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog, was threatened with suspension after the Russian contractor said in February that Tehran had only covered 60% of the required funding by the fourth quarter of 2006, and had completely stopped payment in mid-January.

A source in the Russian Nuclear Power Agency said last week that Tehran had paid only $20 million since the beginning of the year, although the contract stipulates $25 million monthly payments to complete the project on schedule.

"The project has become unprofitable for us," the source said, adding that the completion of the plant now depends entirely on the Iranian side, and that the key remaining issue is the guaranteed financing for its construction.

The construction of the Bushehr NPP was expected to be completed July 8, 1999, but the deadline has been revised five times since then.

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Presidents Putin and Khatami: Russia is helping Iran build its Bushehr nuclear reactor

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[december]

Iran vows to continue nuclear program despite new UN sanctions

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03/ 06/ 2007


TEHRAN, June 3 (RIA Novosti) - Iran will continue its nuclear program despite UN Security Council new possible sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.

Since Iran resumed uranium enrichment in January 2006, the country has been the focus of international concerns, as some Western countries, particularly the U.S., suspect Tehran is pursuing a covert weapons program. But Tehran has consistently claimed it needs nuclear power for civilian power generation and is fully entitled to its own nuclear program.

At the same time, Hosseini said Iran continued cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the agency's inspectors were carrying out checks of Iranian nuclear facilities.

"If the review of the Iran nuclear dossier returns to the IAEA, the Islamic Republic is prepared to reach an agreement on settling a few remaining problems with the agency in the coming weeks," Hosseini said.

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President Putin meeting with Iranian envoy Ali Larijani in Moscow


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Ali Ardashir Larijani (Persian: علی اردشیر لاریجانی; born 1958) is an Iranian politician, and the current secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran . He was appointed to this position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on August 15, 2005 replacing Hassan Rowhani. He is one of the two representatives of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to the council. In his post as secretary he effectively functions as the top negotiator on issues of national security, including Iran's nuclear program. As the secretary of the council, he has reversed the submissive and retroactive policies of the reformists under Hassan Rowhani, who had agreed to systematically suspend all nuclear enrichments without any condition.

Ali Larijani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[december]

Russia could complete Iran's NPP shortly - nuclear chief

04/ 06/ 2007


KIEV, June 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia could complete the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant promptly if Iran ensured uninterrupted funding, Russia's nuclear chief, who is on a visit to Ukraine, said Monday.

Iran's first NPP was threatened with suspension after the Russian contractor said in February that Tehran had only covered 60% of the required funding by the fourth quarter of 2006, and completely stopped payments in mid-January. Iran denied any payment problems and accused Russia of delays.

"This project could be completed in the shortest time possible, when funding is ensured," Sergei Kiriyenko, the Nuclear Power Agency head, said.

Kiriyenko said Iran had allocated about $20 million since the start of this year, whereas the contract stipulated $25 million monthly payments. Kiriyenko also complained about delays in equipment supplies from third countries and denied any delays caused by Russia.

The $1-billion project has been implemented under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog as the Islamic Republic has been suspected of seeking to build nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian program. Tehran insisted it only wants nuclear energy.

The Islamic Republic is facing a new round of UN Security Council sanctions over its defiance of international demands to halt uranium enrichment, which could be used both in electricity generation and weapons production.

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[december]

The Illuminati are still dancing around Iran... :)



Envoy: Iran nearing nuclear capability

By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
48 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -

Iran has not yet crossed the threshold of being able to make nuclear weapons but may be only two years away, Israeli ambassador Sallai M. Meridor said Wednesday.

"I really think they are on the verge of getting the genie out of the bottle, and leaving our children with a nightmare," the Israeli envoy said at a news conference at the Council on Foreign Relations, a private think tank.
Meridor said Iran was having trouble with the process of installing centrifuges to get them spinning, and was trying to decide between "quantity and quality" in its program.

"2009 is the worst-case scenario to have the bomb," Meridor said, while renewing an Israeli vow to try to derail any nuclear weapons program.
The head of the agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said last month he agreed with the U.S.

Central Intelligence Agency estimate that Iran was three to eight years from being able to make nuclear arms. He urged the United States and other Security Council members to abandon "rhetoric" and pursue dialogue.

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[december]

Nuclear watchdog warns against war on Iran

14/ 06/ 2007

VIENNA, June 14 (RIA Novosti) - The chief of the international nuclear watchdog warned Thursday against a military operation against Iran's controversial nuclear program.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), described the military option against Iran, urged by some U.S. politicians, as an act of madness, which will not solve the core problem.

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But he also called on the IAEA Board of Governors to keep a closer eye on Iran, which, he said, would have up to 3,000 enrichment centrifuges by the end of next month, building up enrichment capacity but failing to guarantee its peaceful intent.

ElBaradei underscored the significance of the developments in the coming months for a successful resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue.

Iran has been under international sanctions since last year for failing to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Russia is building a nuclear power plant in the south of Iran and will provide fuel for it, but Iran has announced it will develop its own enrichment capability.

Iran's existing centrifuges are believed to be technologically capable of producing weapons-usable uranium.

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