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Lawmaker Stresses on Time Launch of Bushehr N. Power Plant
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator stressed that Tehran will not tolerate more delay in operation of the country's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr, and stated that contract between Tehran and Moscow has obliged the Russian side to abide by the specified deadline.
"According to the contract, the Russian company is bound to fulfill its undertakings with respect to the completion and launch of the plant," Deputy Chairman of parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi said on Saturday.
"The Islamic Republic will no longer accept any ambiguity or justification (for delay) with regard to the launch of Bushehr nuclear plant, and nuclear-generated electricity should enter the grid at the specified time," he added.
The remarks by the Iranian lawmaker came after Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich that Moscow was awaiting "a more specific request" from the Iranian side on when to start the project.
Ebrahimi argued that the mutual contract requires no specific request by Tehran, and Moscow should therefore finish the work within the stipulated deadline.
Late in June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated on that Iran's first nuclear power will launch operation in early August.
"The project has been completed and everything has been ironed out," Ria Novosti quoted Ryabkov as saying at the time.
"If this happens in the first days of August, it will fully meet our forecasts and expectations. And if it happens a few days later, there is nothing terrible about that."
The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia in May.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"According to the contract, the Russian company is bound to fulfill its undertakings with respect to the completion and launch of the plant," Deputy Chairman of parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi said on Saturday.
"The Islamic Republic will no longer accept any ambiguity or justification (for delay) with regard to the launch of Bushehr nuclear plant, and nuclear-generated electricity should enter the grid at the specified time," he added.
The remarks by the Iranian lawmaker came after Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich that Moscow was awaiting "a more specific request" from the Iranian side on when to start the project.
Ebrahimi argued that the mutual contract requires no specific request by Tehran, and Moscow should therefore finish the work within the stipulated deadline.
Late in June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated on that Iran's first nuclear power will launch operation in early August.
"The project has been completed and everything has been ironed out," Ria Novosti quoted Ryabkov as saying at the time.
"If this happens in the first days of August, it will fully meet our forecasts and expectations. And if it happens a few days later, there is nothing terrible about that."
The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia in May.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
