Can you comment on the tests Iran has begun at the Bushehr nuclear power plant?
The project at the Bushehr nuclear power plant is a pre-existing cooperative project between Russia, which will supply the nuclear fuel, and Iran. It falls under IAEA supervision. Russia’s completion of this plant is authorized by special dispensation in UN Security Council resolutions 1737 and 1747. Russia ’s delivery of the fuel for this plant represents an additional reason for the Islamic Republic to suspend its sensitive nuclear activities in compliance with the Security Council resolutions. Iran may only use the Russian fuel that is adapted to the specifications of this plant. Therefore, the claim that uranium enriched by Iran will be used to operate the Bushehr plant has no justification whatsoever. Finally, let me remind you that the offer by the E3+3 contains an assurance of nuclear fuel supplies. Within this context, we call again on Iran to suspend its sensitive nuclear activities, to respond to unanswered questions – notably those on activities linked to militarization — a
Can you comment on the tests Iran has begun at the Bushehr nuclear power plant?