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TEHRAN - Head of Iran's Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Sunday the continuation of uranium enrichment is inevitable and Iran needs it for its future power plants, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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The Russian Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) said Friday that the launch of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran has been set for August 21.
In the day, Russia announced that accordingly it will begin loading fuel rods into Iran's first nuclear power station at Bushehr next week.
If Iran builds another nuclear power plant in the future or the Russian side does so, we will need to provide fuel for it, Boroujerdi told reporters.
Russia signed a contract with Iran to complete the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant construction in 1998.
The start-up date has been postponed for a number of times. It was originally scheduled for September 2007 but was delayed by serious financing shortage.