Iran says has deal on nuclear plant but Russia denies - Reuters

Source: Reuters

Iran says has deal on nuclear plant but Russia denies
Thu Sep 6, 2007 5:33PM EDT

By Zahra Hosseinian

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it had agreed a
timetable with Russia for the start-up of the Islamic state's
first nuclear power plant, local media reported, but an
official in Moscow said talks with Tehran were still under
way.

Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted by
the state broadcaster and other media as saying a deal
was reached with Moscow for the inauguration of the
Russian-built Bushehr plant, without giving details on when
it might happen.

The timing of the power station's launch is significant as it
is viewed by the United States as an important element in
a nuclear drive which the West suspects is a front for
developing atomic weapons. Iran says the program is entirely
peaceful.

In Moscow, the contractor building the plant in southwestern
Iran said talks were not yet finished.

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