Russia has agreed to ship nuclear fuel to Iran for its atomic power plant in the city of Bushehr, a senior Russian nuclear official has said.
Sergei Shmatko, head of Atomstroiexport, the state company building the plant, said on Tuesday that the agreement should remedy concerns voiced by Tehran over Russian reluctance on the issue.
Shamtko, who met with Mahmoud Hanatian, vice president of Iran's atomic energy organisation, said the Bushehr plant is expected to be opened in September 2007 and to start producing electricity by November.
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