BUSHEHR, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The Iranian vice president said the decision to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture could be made before a session of the UN nuclear watchdog.
"We can find ways to resolve the problem before the [March 6 IAEA board of governors'] session," Gholamreza Agazadeh said.
The mooted deal between Iran and Russia, which is currently building an $800-million plant near the port city of Bushehr in the south of the country, is seen as a potential compromise in the crisis around the nuclear programs of the Islamic Republic, which some countries suspect of pursuing a covert weapons program. Although Tehran has consistently said it only wants nuclear power for peaceful purposes, the United States and other nations have concerns, as enriched uranium is a vital component for an atomic bomb.
