Russia Urged to Complete Bushehr Plant
TEHRAN, Aug. 8--Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel said he hopes Russia will honor its commitment to complete Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the coming months.
Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Haddad stressed that the Bushehr project is a symbol of cooperation between Iran and Russia, IRNA reported.
Emphasizing that the completion of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant will positively influence public opinion in Iran, the speaker pointed out that any delay in the project will have a negative impact on the Iranian government and nation.
Asked about the recent allegations of a US lawmaker and Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Tancredo, who said the holy sites of Mecca and Medina should be bombed as a retaliatory measure for possible attacks on the US, Haddad said such statements are so baseless that he will not comment on them.
Commenting on Article 44 of the constitution, Haddad pointed out that if the article is implemented, it will lead to a huge economic revolution.
Asked about the planned transfer of Iran’s gas to India and Pakistan, he noted that the peace pipeline is very important from different perspectives and Iran considers its national interests in any contract with foreign countries.
Russia has put new conditions on supplying nuclear fuel for the Bushehr plant it is building in Iran, claiming that Tehran must clear up questions over possible military atomic development.
Russian officials said on July 25 that Bushehr might not be completed until late 2008, which would put off the completion date by a year.
Delivering fuel is the last stage in activating the power plant. Construction at Bushehr had stalled earlier this year over inaccurate Russian charges that Iran was not paying its bills for the project.
