Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 40

4-Oct-2010

IRAN

IAEO Chief Denies Further Slip In Bushehr Schedule Linked To Computer Virus

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO), has denied press reports linking a further delay in the completion of the 1gw nuclear power plant at Bushehr with a virus discovered on computers at the plant. AFP reported on 29 September that Bushehr was now expected to begin generating electricity by early January 2011 a further...