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The $25 billion deal includes four reactors in Sirik with nearly 5,000 MW capacity to address Iran's electricity shortages and aims for 20 GW nuclear capacity by 2040.
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- The U.N. Security Council rejected a draft resolution to lift sanctions on Iran, which faced accusations of violating a 2015 nuclear deal, with Russia supporting Iran's rights to peaceful nuclear energy.
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- Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, visited Moscow for talks amid U.N. considerations to reimpose sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program.
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Iran and Russia have signed an estimated $25 billion contract for the construction of the four nuclear power stations in southern Iran, announced Iranian state television on Friday.
Iran has signed a $25 billion (approximately CZK 521.5 billion) contract with Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom to build four nuclear power plants in Iran, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Friday.
Shortly before the expiry of a deadline for UN sanctions against Iran, Russia has concluded a contract with the country, which will agree to the construction of four nuclear power plants in Iran.
Iran and Russia Sign $25B Deal to Build 4 Nuclear Plants
Iran and Russia signed a $25-billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. “A deal for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value of $25 billion in Sirik, Hormozgan was signed between the Iran Hormoz company and Rosatom,” state television said.
According to the agreement, four new power plants are to be built in Iran. So far, the country only has one nuclear power plant in operation for electricity generation.
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