Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 50

12-December-2005

IRAN

Iranian Cabinet Approves Second Nuclear Plant In Khuzestan

Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet decided on 4 December to build a second nuclear power plant, in Khuzestan province, according to a state television report of 5 December. MEES understands that the Khuzestan site was one identified under a governmental nuclear development plan dating from the early 1970s. Iran recently announced a proposal to issue a...