Iranian MFA: Bushehr nuke plant launch not related to nuclear program![]() September 13, 2011 - 15:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The launch of Bushehr nuclear power plant does not mean that Iran must halt its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. "Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities will not be suspended. Those who insist on it, thus display their ignorance on nuclear issues. Iran must provide for own needs for fuel for nuclear power plants and therefore will continue uranium enrichment works," Ramin Mehmanparast told a briefing in Tehran, ITAR-TASS reports. September 12 saw the official launch of Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. Fuel for Bushehr was delivered to Iran by Russia. However, as recalled yesterday at a news conference in Bushehr, by the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, according to a long-term development program of the national atomic power, IRI authorities plan to build other units with total capacity of 20 thousand MW. Design capacity of Bushehr plant is 1 thousand MW. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |