
Iranian Ambassador Kazem Jalali announced cooperation with the Russian Federation in nuclear energy
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The second and third stages of the Bushehr NPP are being implemented. In September 2025, a memorandum for $25 billion was signed.
Moscow and Tehran continue to work on a low-power nuclear power plant project in Iran in pursuance of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in their construction, said Ambassador of the Islamic Republic Kazem Jalali.
“We also continue to work on this project with our Russian colleagues,” the ambassador said in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper, speaking about low-power nuclear power plants.
Jalali also noted that at the moment, despite the conflict between Iran and the United States, the second and third stages of the Bushehr nuclear power plant are being implemented. The project, he said, is being developed in cooperation with Russia.
“In September 2025, Russia and I signed a memorandum of understanding that mentions cooperation in nuclear energy in the amount of $25 billion. And part of this memorandum records the activation of the Iranian private sector to enter financing into this area. In the case of the Hormoz nuclear power plant, the Iranian private sector is involved, which is activated and working on this project with colleagues from Russia,” the diplomat added.
There is only one nuclear power plant in Iran - in Bushehr. Its first unit was connected to Iran's national power grid in September 2011. Rosatom's priorities include the construction of two more power units at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

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