Iran has started construction of a four-unit nuclear power station with a capacity of about 5,000 MW in its southern coastal province of Hormozgan, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
The agency said the nuclear station will be known as Iran-Hormoz and be located near Sirik city, which is about 1,150 km south of the capital Tehran.
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