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Had you not been bad-tempered and blocked the way, the Iranian nation would not have been present in space, and would not have become a nuclear power, Fars news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying at the inauguration ceremony of a natural gas deposit in the Bushehr province. Paul. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Iranian president declares his country a space and nuclear power... Mar 15, 2009
"Had you not been bad-tempered and blocked the way, the Iranian nation would not have been present in space, and would not have become a nuclear power," Fars news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying at the inauguration ceremony of a natural gas deposit in the Bushehr province. Iran put its first communications satellite, into a near-Earth orbit on February 2. (The Drudge Report)
Trade-off season on Afghanistan begins Mar 11, 2009
They are not only proceeding with the commissioning of the Bushehr nuclear power plant but are negotiating the long-term fuel supply for the plant. Also, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week, "[The] American side should join the position of the '[Iran] Six' [the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany] not only on paper, but also the talks with Iran as proposed by the six ... At issue is also involving Iran on an equal, worthy basis in efforts to resolve... (Asia Times Online)
WILLIAMS: Obama energy plan not ready for Iran-Israel clash Mar 11, 2009
Russia has provided almost all of the nuclear material for the Bushehr nuclear reactor, along with thousands of technicians. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has decided to deliver the final phases of the S-300 advanced air-defense system, which can track scores of Israeli airborne intruders simultaneously and knock them down. (Insight on the News)
US, Iran seek to stop Afghan narco-traffic Mar 10, 2009
For one thing, this would not sit well with Russia, Iran's sole nuclear partner that is under pressure by the US and the European Union not to make operational the much-delayed power plant in Bushehr and not to sell the sophisticated S-300 missile system to Iran. A US-Russia summit is due in April, and should it appear that Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev are contemplating a quid pro quo on Iran, then Tehran may react by setting aside its reservations about NATO and cooperate with the... (Asia Times Online)
New Iran report reeks of stale ideas Mar 6, 2009
Filled with conjecture, the report castigates the US government for "agreeing" to Iran's sole nuclear power plant in Bushehr, thus dispensing with the argument that under the articles of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Iran is entitled to civilian nuclear energy, particularly after Iran and Russia agreed on the return of spent fuel to Russia. Even as reports are surfacing that Obama had sent a letter to the Kremlin allegedly offering to scrap a US missile defense system in Eastern... (Asia Times Online)
RUSSIA BRUSHES OFF OBAMA: NO 'HAGGLING'... Mar 4, 2009
Iran recently began testing its Bushehr nuclear plant, a construction project run by Russia. Last week, Tehran said its first nuclear power station could go on line within months. (The Drudge Report)
Missile deal? Mar 4, 2009
Iran's nuclear operations as Bushehr have raised concerns in the West. US President Barack Obama has reportedly made a potentially significant offer to Russia about defence - but will it change anything. (BBC News -- Europe)
IAEA 'mismanagement' raises Tehran's ire Mar 4, 2009
The timing of the latest IAEA report, and all the sinister media spin on it, which emerged during a visit to Tehran last week by a high-level Russian delegation, may have something to do with the latter's turnabout on their pre-visit promise that they would be disclosing a specific date for the opening of the much-delayed Russian-made power plant in Bushehr in Iran. Concerning the latter, the visiting head of Russia's atomic agency, Sergei Kreinko, at a joint press conference with his Iranian... (Asia Times Online)
Foreign Policy: Betraying Our Friends Mar 4, 2009
Couldn't one of them have told him that it was Russia who provided Iran with nuclear experts, gave Iran technical information stolen from the West by Russian spies, and is building and delivering fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. Has it ever crossed the president's mind that letting Iran give terrorists nuclear bombs to incinerate an American or Western European city might be in Russia's long-term geopolitical interest. (Investors Business Daily)
Russia Open to Discussing US Plan on Iran Mar 4, 2009
The Kremlin would not try to pressure Tehran by sacrificing a major project like the Bushehr nuclear power station it has helped build, Khlopkov said. "The Bushehr project is important for Russia's prestige and it will work to finalize it," he said. (Time.com)
Obama offering deal to Medvedev: report Mar 3, 2009
Iran recently began testing its Bushehr nuclear plant, whose construction has been in the hands of Russia since 1995. On Sunday, Medvedev was quoted in Moscow as saying that Russia was awaiting new US proposals to resolve the missile defence dispute. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
U.S.: Iran has enough material for nuke bomb Mar 2, 2009
His remarks came hours after the report that Iran launched a test run of its first nuclear power plant built by a Russian contractor near the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr. BUSHEHR, Iran, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Wednesday that Iran has not changed its nuclear plan and will continue to install more centrifuges. (Xinhuanet, China)
Roger Cohen: Iran, the Jews and Germany Mar 2, 2009
I was told its restaurant would open "soon." So, it is said, will the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a project in the works for a mere 30 years. A Persian Chernobyl is far more likely than some Middle Eastern nuclear Armageddon, if that's any comfort. (International Herald Tribune)
Iran's uranium 'enough for bomb' Mar 2, 2009
Iran's Bushehr plant may begin operations this year. Iran has enough nuclear material to build a bomb, the United States' most senior military commander has said. (BBC News -- Americas)
Concerns About Iran's Nuclear Program Linger As Bushehr Prepares Start-Up Mar 1, 2009
CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN S NUCLEAR PROGRAM LINGER AS BUSHEHR PREPARES START-UP Ron Synovitz 2/28/09 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from ... Now, as Tehran prepares to bring its Bushehr nuclear power plant online, independent nuclear experts tell RFE/RL that the focus of concern has shifted to Iran s uranium-enrichment efforts -- including the installation of centrifuges at its nuclear facility at Natanz ... Concerns over the possible misuse of Bushehr s nuclear fuel have eased following an agreement... (EurasiaNet.org)
A reality check on Iran and the 'bomb' Feb 28, 2009
An alternative may be for constant relatively small-scale attacks on the main facilities at Bushehr, Natanz and other strategically important targets to cripple Iran's nuclear ambitions. In other words, a campaign of attrition using a combination of closely targeted air and cruise missile attacks and sabotage operations on the ground to simply wear down Tehran's resistance. (Asia Times Online)
Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant test a success Feb 27, 2009
"This, in simple terms, means that Bushehr power plant is completed today and its operation is definite," Gholamreza Aqazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, told Iranian state television. "The political concerns about Bushehr plant are now completely addressed today." ... The start of operations at the 1,000-megawatt light-water reactor near the southern Iranian port of Bushehr - built with Russian assistance under a $1 billion contract - had long been delayed over financial... (San Francisco Chronicle)
We are very strong, Israel warns Iran Feb 27, 2009
Iran began testing the nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Wednesday and said the long-delayed project could go on line within months. Iran denied having slowed down its nuclear activities and said it planned to install 50,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium over the next five years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Iran slams U.S. on nuclear program, terrorism Feb 27, 2009 Tougher list of Iran sanctions proposed: report Feb 26, 2009 Building of plant complete... Feb 26, 2009 Iran tests its first nuclear power plant Feb 26, 2009 * Iran asked Turkey for help with US relations: Erdogan Feb 26, 2009 Iran to install more centrifuges: official Feb 26, 2009 Olmert warns Iran over nuclear plant Feb 26, 2009 Iran does test-run of nuclear plant Feb 26, 2009 Engineers test-run nuclear power plant Feb 26, 2009 Iran starts testing at nuclear power plant Feb 26, 2009 Iran Launches Test of Its First Nuclear Plant Feb 26, 2009 Launch date to be set for Iran's first nuke plant... Feb 25, 2009 Iran says conducts tests on Bushehr nuclear plant Feb 25, 2009 Iran to run Bushehr reactor tests Feb 25, 2009 Iran says moves closer to nuclear plant launch Feb 25, 2009 Russia's nuclear chief to discuss Bushehr reactor in Iran Feb 25, 2009 Iran set to test first nuclear plant Feb 24, 2009 Is Iran really developing nuclear weapons? Feb 24, 2009 Activation of Iran Nuke Station a Milestone Feb 23, 2009 Iran plans 'pre-commissioning' of nuke plant -- this week... Feb 23, 2009 Iran's gas to reach Europe via Turkey Feb 23, 2009 Iran to begin operation of nuclear power plant Feb 23, 2009 Iran to begin operation of 1st nuclear power plant Feb 22, 2009 Iran Slows Nuke Push Feb 20, 2009 Iran minister seeks missiles on Russia trip Feb 17, 2009 US official links missile shield, Russia help on Iran Feb 14, 2009 Computer model says Iran won't build nuclear bombs Feb 9, 2009 US dilemma as Iran's nuclear file reopens Feb 7, 2009 Russia to fire up Iranian reactor Feb 7, 2009
BUSHEHR, Iran, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Wednesday that Iran has not changed its nuclear plan and will continue to install more centrifuges. "Our plan to install and run centrifuges is not based on political conditions. We have a plan and we will go ahead with it," Aghazadeh told a joint press conference with Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation. (Xinhuanet, China)
Proliferation: United in defiance Feb 27, 2009
Bushehr: no need for Iran s enriched uranium here ... Even a Russian-built reactor at Bushehr that is now being put through its technical paces before coming on-stream later this year will operate on Russian-supplied fuel. (The Economist)
AFP An Iranian security guard stands outside the building housing the reactor of Bushehr nuclear power plant. LONDON (Reuters) France, Germany and Britain are proposing a tough list of additional sanctions to be imposed against Iran over its nuclear program, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
The head of the Russian nuclear agency Sergei Kiriyenko, who is visiting Iran for the so-called pre-commissioning phase, said construction of the Russian-built plant at the Gulf port of Bushehr was now complete ... Russia took over construction at Bushehr in 1995 but completion of the plant was delayed for a number of reasons, in particular the nuclear standoff between and Iran and the international community ... Kiriyenko said on February 5 that the actual "technical launch" of the Bushehr... (The Drudge Report)
Tests at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant use "dummy" fuel rods ... BUSHEHR, Iran (CNN) -- Iran tested its first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a stride that prompted one Iranian technician to declare it was "independence day" for the Islamic republic ... An Iranian guard stands in front of the building housing the Bushehr nuclear power plant's reactor Wednesday. (CNN -- World)
THE GUARDIAN AND AFP, MARDIN, TURKEY, AND BUSHEHR, IRAN Thursday, Feb 26, 2009, Page 1 ... The head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization, Gholam Reza Aghazdeh, said the plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr could come on line within the next few months after Russia announced construction had been completed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
BUSHEHR, Iran, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Wednesday that Iran has not changed its nuclear plan and will continue to install more centrifuges ... The Iranian flag flies outside the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear plant ... Iran Wednesday launched a test run of its first nuclear power plant built by a Russian contractor near the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr. (Xinhuanet, China)
Officials from Iran and Russia, which has been involving in building the power station for the past 14 years, watched over the start of the pre-commissioning in the Gulf port of Bushehr. "As for a timetable, the tests should take between four and six, seven months," the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam Reza Aghazdeh said at a press conference in Bushehr ... "And if they go smoothly, then it (the launch of Bushehr) will be even sooner." He also said Iran is now operating 6,000... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Vahid Salemi / AP fileVirtual fuel, which consists of lead and is meant to imitate the enriched uranium needed to run the plant,is loaded intoIran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Wednesday ... BUSHEHR, Iran - Iranian and Russian engineers carried out a test-run of Iran's first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a major step toward starting up a facility that the U.S. once hoped to prevent because of fears over Tehran's nuclear ambitions ... Russia is providing enriched uranium fuel for the... (MSNBC -- International)
The tests at the nuclear plant in the southern city of Bushehr brought the power station closer to full operation ... Russia is providing enriched uranium fuel for the Bushehr plant ... ASSOCIATED PRESS Radar facilities dominate the skyline at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran. (Insight on the News)
A Russian technician in the control room at Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr on Wednesday ... Iran started tests Wednesday at its first nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr, despite intense international pressure over its nuclear program ... Construction of a nuclear facility by a German company began in Bushehr in the mid-1970s but was suspended after the 1979 Islamic revolution. (International Herald Tribune)
BUSHEHR, Iran Iranian and Russian technicians are conducting a test run of Iran's first nuclear power plant, officials said Wednesday, a major step toward launching full operations at the facility, which has long raised concerns in the U.S. and its allies over Iran's nuclear ambitions ... The power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr, built with Russian help, is meant to be the first in a number of reactors for an energy program ... The tests, which began 10 days ago, "could take between... (Fox News)
"The exact date for the start of operations at Bushehr nuclear plant will be announced at the plant on Wednesday," the spokesman for Russia's federal nuclear agency, Sergei Novikov, told IRNA in Moscow. Iran plans to carry out a dry run on Wednesday at the much-delayed 1,000-megawatt plant which it has been building in the Gulf port of Bushehr with Russian assistance. (The Drudge Report)
A general view of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, is seen in this April 3, 2007 file photo. Iran has started tests on its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as part of preparations for its launch, an official said on Wednesday ... BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran has started tests on its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as part of preparations for its launch, an official said on Wednesday. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The Bushehr nuclear reactor will be switched on for the first time. Iran says it is going to start carrying out its first test at the controversial Bushehr nuclear reactor on Wednesday ... For Iran to use Bushehr to make nuclear bombs it would almost certainly have to take the dramatic step of expelling both the international inspectors and the hundreds of Russian engineers building and operating the reactor. (BBC News -- Africa)
BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it had carried out successful tests at its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in a step towards its launch. A Russian technician works in the control room at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr 1200 kilometers south of Tehran February 25, 2009 ... Iran said on Wednesday it had carried out successful tests at its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in a step towards its launch. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
RIA Novosti - Russia - Russia's nuclear chief to discuss Bushehr reactor in Iran ... Russia's nuclear chief to discuss Bushehr reactor in Iran ... TEHRAN, February 25 (RIA Novosti) - The head of Russia's state nuclear power corporation Rosatom is due to discuss the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran on Wednesday. (RIA Novosti)
Iranian and Russian officials will inspect the Bushehr plant before the testing begins ... "God willing, this will be an important step towards the full launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant," Mohsen Delaviz, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, said on Sunday, according to state radio. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Western suspicions about Iran's intentions have centered on the Russian-built nuclear power plant in Bushehr. . (MSNBC -- International)
UNITED NATIONS -- The decision to begin the activation of Iran's nuclear power station near the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr marks a milestone ... While Bushehr, ostensibly a civilian power station, was being built, both the White House and Jerusalem continually vacillated as the whether the project should be completed ... When Bushehr's two nuclear reactors become fully operational in 2010, the complex will be among the 20 largest of its type in the world. (Newsmax)
Iran will this week "pre-commission" its first nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia in the southern city of Bushehr, local news agencies reported on Sunday. "In the presence of the heads of the atomic energy organisations of Iran and Russia, the pre-commissioning of Bushehr power plant will be carried out on Wednesday," the ISNA news agency said, quoting Iran Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Mohsen Delaviz ... All the main equipment at Bushehr has been installed by Russian... (The Drudge Report)
Earlier in November, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said he anticipated Turkey to make an investment of 12 billion U.S. dollars in Iran on the basis of an agreement signed between the two countries in Tehran to construct a 1,800-kilometer gas pipeline from Assalouyeh, a gas field in southern Iran's Bushehr province, to the Turkish border, IRNA said. Tehran and Ankara also signed a MOU on the basis of which the Turkmenistan's gas would be transferred via Iran to Turkey to be piped to Europe. (Xinhuanet, China)
The long-awaited 1,000-MW power plant, which was built in the city of Bushehr with the help from Russia under a $1 billion contract, was expected to become operational in fall of 2008. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
The long-awaited 1,000-MW power plant, which was built in the city of Bushehr with the help from Russia under a $1 billion contract, was expected to become operational in fall of 2008. Some 700 Iranian engineers were trained in Russia to operate the plant. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant, southern Iran. Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant, southern Iran. (Fox News)
Russia is building Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr, and says it will start up the reactor at the plant this year. In October, Russia's Foreign Ministry denied media speculation that Moscow would sell the medium-range S-300 system, saying it had no intention of selling weapons to "troubled regions.". (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Moscow, which plans to start up a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr plant by the end of the year, has used its veto in the United Nations Security Council on a number of occasions to soften or defeat US-led efforts to impose tougher sanctions on Iran. Obama has said he is prepared to talk to Iran's leaders and offered economic incentives if Tehran "unclenches its fist." But he has also warned of tougher economic sanctions if Tehran does not halt its nuclear program. (Boston Globe)
AFP/File A worker welds a pipe inside the turbine building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, in 2005. . (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Many Iranians are convinced that if Washington's price is right, then the Russians will agree to postpone their completion of the much-delayed nuclear power plant they are building at Bushehr in Iran. "We believe that Russia, irrespective of every pressure, will fulfill its commitment to complete the Bushehr power plant," Iran's ambassador to Moscow, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, has told a skeptical Iranian press ... Moscow is also not thrilled about the Iranian proposal for an international consortium... (Asia Times Online)
Iran's nuclear plant at Bushehr goes live this year, say Russians ... Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom said the first stage would be a "technical start-up" to test the reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr plant ... Russia insists the Bushehr plant is for purely civilian use, and cannot be used for military purposes. (BBC News -- Africa)
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