Russia agrees to build at least two more nuclear plants: Iran

AFP ^ | 12 Mar 14 | AFP

[xzins]

Russia has signed a preliminary agreement to build at least two more nuclear power plants in the Iranian port city of Bushehr, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

"Iran and Russia reached a preliminary agreement to build at least two new nuclear power plants," Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told the news agency.

In January, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that establishing long-term relations between the two countries "can serve the stability and security of the region".

Iranian media last month speculated that Rouhani could travel to Russia for a regional conference of Caspian Sea states that Tehran's envoy to Moscow has said will be in late September.

Construction of the new Bushehr nuclear plants is likely to spark concerns among Gulf Arab states, which have often raised concerns about the reliability of the existing Bushehr facility and the risk of radioactive leaks in case of a major earthquake.

Iran sits astride several major fault lines and is prone to frequent quakes. On April 9, a 6.1-magnitude quake rocked the south, with an epicentre just 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Bushehr.

Western powers and Israel suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear programme masks a covert weapons drive. Tehran denies the charge, saying that by diversifying its energy resources it wants to reduce its reliance on oil revenues.

[xzins]

Putin is sticking it in Obama’s eye.

Israel is getting more and more isolated.

[familyop]

Russia is isolating itself again. The following is a list of present Iranian nuclear sites.

http://www.isisnucleariran.org/sites/alpha/
The Institute for Science and International Security

Nuclear Sites

7th of Tir Industries (Seventh of Tir, Hafte Tir or Haftom e Tir Industries)
Abzar Boresh Kaveh Co. aka Kaveh Cutting Tools
Anarak nuclear waste disposal
Arak Complex
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Darkhovin Nuclear Reactor
Defense Industries Organization
Education Research Institute (ERI)
Esfahan
Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center/Research Reactors
Farayand Technique
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP)
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)
Kalaye Electric Company (also known as Kala Electric)
Karaj Agricultural and Medical Center
Khorasan Metallurgy Industries
Kimia Maadan
Kolahdouz
Lashkar Ab’ad - Laser Uranium Enrichment
Lavisan-Shian (Lavizan-Shian)
Ministry of Defense, Armed Forces and Logistics (MODAFL)
Natanz
Parchin
Pars Trash (Tarash)
Physics Research Center
Pishgam Company
Sanam Electronic Industry Group
Shahid Hemat Industrial group (SHIG)
TABA Facility
Tehran Nuclear Research Center
Uranium Mining

[PoloSec]

There is just too much going on in our country and the world for obama to handle, his narcissism will turn him into a psychopath, which has IMO already happened, some long time ago.

[hinckley buzzard]

They may as well. They know Obama won't stand in their way, and nobody else will step up unilaterally. The neutering of the former superpower of America is just about complete.

[Paine in the Neck]

"Heck of a reset there, Hillary"

[montag813]

My dream news: Israel Offers to Bomb Them

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They sealed their fate.

[logic101.net]

Eventually some of the Iranian nukes will end up in the hands of the Russian crazies. But Putin is too short sighted to see that.

The Muslim crazies are out to destroy all civilization, and Russia is almost civilized....

[MUDDOG]

Western powers and Israel suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear programme masks a covert weapons drive.
Tehran denies the charge, saying that by diversifying its energy resources it wants to reduce its reliance on oil revenues.

And they get "Playboy" for the articles.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

watch as Iran’s Groups in The Middle east act up to put the pressure on Isreal to keep the US eyes off Criemea. Its a trade off.