Iran and Russia have finalised an agreement to jointly build eight nuclear power plants in the Middle Eastern country, vice-president and head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has said.

Eslami was reported by the semi-official Tansim news agency, which is associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the primary branch of the armed forces, as saying that four new units will be built at the existing Bushehr nuclear site and four others at locations yet to be announced.

According to Eslami, the plan calls for the construction of nuclear power plants in different regions of the country to ensure the supply of stable energy capable of meeting Iran’s growing electricity demand.