A nuclear power plant in Iran being built by Russia will go into service by the end of this year, Russian atomic energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday.
"All the work is going as scheduled. The tests are a success. This year will be the year of the launch of Bushehr," Kiriyenko was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
In 1995 Iran handed over the unfinished project, launched by Siemens of Germany in the 1970s, to Russia. Moscow has repeatedly extended the completion date in recent years.
Russia has pressed ahead with the Bushehr project despite Western concerns about Iran's nuclear energy ambitions. Tehran rejects fears that its nuclear programme is cover for a secret atomic weapons project.
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