Iran Officially into Nuclear Club

As Iran commissioned its first nuclear power plant in full operation, the visiting Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko welcomed Iran joining the global nuclear club.
 

The remarks were made during the inaugural ceremony marking the initial launch of Bushehr nuclear power plant.

 "Although Bushehr power plant meets only three percent of Iran's total energy needs, undoubtedly with its launch Iran has entered a new era of development,' Shmatko announced.

Shmatko expressed confidence that Iran-Russia relations are not confined to this power plant, hoping that "this will be a sign of common understanding and growing friendly relations in all fields."

 The Bushehr nuclear power plant joined the national power grid with a capacity of around 60 megawatts. Bushehr power plant started running with 40 percent of its capacity during the ceremony held Monday.
 

Meanwhile, Iranian and Russian nuclear officials signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on Monday. The MoUs were inked at the end of the inaugural ceremony marking the preliminary commissioning of Bushehr nuclear power plant.
 

As per the MoU, the two sides will cooperate in the fields of commissioning atomic power plants and conducting stress tests on nuclear plants.
 

The inaugural ceremony marking the preliminary commissioning of Bushehr nuclear power plant was held in presence of several high-ranking Iranian and Russian officials in Bushehr on Monday.
 

The ceremony was attended by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi, Energy Minister Majid Namjoo, visiting Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and head of the Rosatom nuclear agency Sergey Kirienko.

Meanwhile Iranian Air Force Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Chitforoush supervising an Air Force excervise ‘Fadaeeyan-e Harim-e Vellayat III' air drills, announced that Tehran had unveiled a new command-and-control system during the exercises.

"A new command-and-control system has been used in the stages of the drills," Chitforoush told journalists.

He disclosed that the third stage of the air drills started early Monday morning with 7 squadrons of F4, F7, Mig-29, Sukhoi SU-24 fighter jets as well as the logistic C-130 planes and home-made Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jets displaying their power and carrying out their missions. An array of fighter jets, fighter bombers, cargo and transportation planes will be used in the exercises during next few days.

   Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org team