Iran offers US share in nuke plant
Foreign Desk Report
TEHRAN (Iran)—Iran on Sunday offered the United States a share in
building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb U.S.
opposition to its atomic program. “America can take part in
international bidding for the construction of Iran’s nuclear power plant
if they observe the basic standards and quality,” Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said at a news conference.
Asefi was apparently talking about a 360-megawatt light water nuclear
power plant in southwestern Iran, which the head of the country’s top
atomic organization announced plans to build on Saturday. Iran also
wants to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity by building nuclear
power plants with foreign help in southern Iran. Relations between both
countries have been severed since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution.
Washington also imposes unilateral sanctions on Iran, preventing U.S.
companies from doing business in Iran. The United States has also
ratcheted up pressure against Tehran, accusing it of pursuing a nuclear
weapons program and supporting anti-Israeli militants. |
