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Iran, Russia sign nuclear fuel agreement
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-27 16:58 Iran and Russia signed a
nuclear fuel agreement Sunday, paving the way for Iran to get its first reactor
up and running.
![Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency head Alexander Rumyantsev, right, shakes hands with Vice-President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Saeedi, at Mehrabad airport in Tehran Friday Feb. 25, 2005. Rumyantsev, arrived in Tehran to sign a key deal to supply Iran with enriched fuel for its first nuclear reactor on condition that the spent fuel is returned. [AP]](xin_110202262327088599031.jpg)
Russia's Federal Atomic Energy
Agency head Alexander Rumyantsev, right, shakes hands with Vice-President
of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Saeedi, at Mehrabad
airport in Tehran Friday Feb. 25, 2005.
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Iranian Vice President
Gholamreza Aghazadeh and Alexander Rumyantsev, the head of Russia's Federal
Atomic Energy Agency, signed the agreement at the Busher nuclear power plant.
The signing was delayed by a day, and came after the two senior officials
toured the US$800 million (euro613.5 million) complex.
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