Tehran announced on Sunday that it will construct eight new nuclear power plants with Russia’s assistance, as part of the country’s efforts to expand its clean and sustainable energy production, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) was quoted as saying by ANI.
Meanwhile, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated his country’s commitment to a “peaceful nuclear programme,” assuring that the aim of the programme is “not to develop weapons.”