Iran Signs $25 Billion Deal With Russia For Four New Nuclear Units, Reports Say

New units near Sirik to use large-scale 'Gen III technology'

Iran Signs $25 Billion Deal With Russia For Four New Nuclear Units, Reports Say
The Bushehr nuclear power station, where Iran has a single operating VVER reactor unit, with two more to be deployed. Image courtesy AEOI.

Iran and Russia have signed a $25bn (€21bn) deal to build four nuclear power units in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported.

IRNA said Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Iran-Hormoz company signed an “implementation agreement,” that covers the construction of four Generation III reactor units near the city of Sirik.

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