VOL. XLVI

No 42

20-October-2003

IRAN

Russia Announces Delays To Bushehr Nuclear Plant

Moscow government officials last week announced that the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran by Russian companies would not be completed until 2005, a further delay of about a year. An Itar-Tass news agency report of 13 October cited a Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy official as saying that among the reasons for the delay were the fact that 15% of equipment needed to complete the plant had...