VOL. XXXIX

No. 16

15-January-1996

IRAN

China Says Deal To Sell Nuclear Reactors To Iran `Has Ceased'

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian said on 9 January that China's agreement with Iran to sell it two nuclear reactors has been discontinued. In 1992 and 1993, Tehran and Beijing signed protocols covering the sale of nuclear power plants to Iran, but during a press briefing in the Chinese capital last week, Mr. Chen said, "On these specific cases, the implementation of the...