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Two More Weeks to Fully Load Fuel in Iran's Bushehr

Iran will still need two more weeks to fully load the fuel in its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, a process which began 10 days ago, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi has said. On August 21 Iran began loading the fuel roads, also supplied by Russia, into the nuclear power plant located in the southern port city of Bushehr. The entire loading of the 163 fuel rods was to be complete by September 5, but late on Monday ... ... More

Fueling of Three Decades Old Bushehr Starts
21/08/2010 10:09

Iran started loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant on Saturday after more than three decades of delay. Engineers finally began loading the Russia-supplied fuel into the plant in the southern port of Bushehr, in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors, a statement by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said. "Despite all pressures, sanctions and hardships forced by Western ... Details

Iran to Begin Work on 3rd Uranium Plant Early 2011
16/08/2010 10:57

Iran will begin building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi was cited on state television's website late Sunday as saying. “The search for locations for 10 new enrichment facilities has ended and the construction of one of these facilities will begin by the end of the (current Iranian) year (to March 2011) or the start of next year,” he said. Iran is already enriching ... Details

Iran Satellite Launch Delayed
16/08/2010 10:35

The launch of a new Iranian satellite, which was to take place later this month, has been delayed as the device is still being developed, Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour said. The minister had announced in July that the satellite, Rasad 1 (Observation), which would be Iran's second home-built satellite to be sent into space, would be launched in the last week of August. But Taghipour was cited late Sunday by state ... Details

Iran Building Three-Stage Rocket
05/08/2010 15:31

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country is working on a three-stage rocket to carry a satellite 1,000 kilometers into space, Fars news agency reported on Thursday. "The country's scientists are working on a three-stage rocket that will take us to 1,000 kilometers," Ahmadinejad, quoted by Fars, told a local television in the western city of Hamedan. He said the rocket's engines would have a thrust of between 120 and ... Details

Iran Sets up Eight Million Dollar Fund for Nuclear Fusion
24/07/2010 13:52

Iran has set up an eight million dollar fund to conduct "serious" research in the area of nuclear fusion, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday. He said 50 people have been hired for the work, which Iran began nearly three decades ago but was initially "not very serious" about pursuing. "Fusion research has been launched seriously today," the ISNA news agency quoted Salehi as saying. "The start-up budget is 80 billion rials ... Details

Iran to Send Man into Space by 2019
24/07/2010 10:46

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran plans to send a man into space by 2019, official state media report. Ahmadinejad said he had brought the date forward in response to pressure from Western powers over Iran's nuclear programme. "In response to threats and Security Council resolutions against Iran, the plan was pushed forward," Iran's Press TV cited Mr Ahmadinejad as saying. He also said Iran's Sanjesh Satellite ... Details

Iran to Conduct Studies for Nuclear-Fusion Reactor
22/07/2010 10:06

After having achieved a complete cycle for producing and processing nuclear fuel for power plants, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will conduct scientific studies for the construction of an experimental nuclear-fusion reactor, an engineering feat that no nation has yet achieved, said the official IRNA news agency. The AEOI, which is known to have carried out only basic fusion research, will mark the commencement of the ... Details

Iran Plans New Satellite Launch in Late August: Minister
07/07/2010 12:37

Telecommunication Minister Reza Taghipour said on Wednesday that Iran is expected to launch a new satellite, Rasad 1, in the last week of August, the Mehr news agency reported. "Rasad 1 (Observation) satellite is expected to be launched into space on the back of a domestic carrier during the period marking the government week (last week of August)," Taghipour said. He said the launch would mark Iran's "newest achievement" in space ... Details

Iran Deploys Homemade Radar in PG
24/06/2010 9:49

Iran has deployed a domestically-built radar system in the Persian Gulf capable of tracking and destroying enemy ships and fighter jets, says an Iranian army commander. The Matla-ul-fajr radar system, which covers the entire Persian Gulf region, has replaced "Western-made radars," commander of Iran's southern air defense region General Qanbar-Ali Salahian was quoted by Fars News Agency as saying on Wednesday. Salahian said Iran's air ... Details

Iran Details Plans for Satellite Launch
07/05/2010 14:35

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Reza Taqipour expounds on the plans and preparations for a national satellite launch in the coming year. “Iran has laid the foundation for the development of its aerospace industry in the past three to four years,” said Taqipour, describing the launch of a home-produced satellite, named Omid (Hope), in February 2009 as one such achievement. The Omid data-processing satellite was launched into orbit ... Details

Iran to Launch Two Satellites in 2010
03/05/2010 14:04

After signing an agreement to promote cooperation in the field of telecommunications, Iran and Russia prepare to launch two satellites in the coming year. Iran's Minister of Telecommunications Reza Taqipour visited Moscow late in April to ink a memorandum of understanding for broader telecoms cooperation with his Russian counterpart Igor Shchegolev. Mohammad Hosseinpour, a senior advisor to Taqipour, told the Mehr News Agency on ... Details

Iran Plans to Build 150-Seat Passenger Plane
03/05/2010 11:12

Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that Iran has designed a 150-seat passenger plane, which would be the country's largest built to date, the ministry's website reported. "We have designed a medium size passenger plane which can carry between 100 and 150 passengers and we are cooperating with the civil aviation authority to build bigger planes," the website quoted Vahidi as saying on Sunday. He did not offer details on when ... Details

Iran to Launch New Satellites before March 2011
26/04/2010 16:39

Telecommunication Minister Reza Taghipour said on Monday that Iran will launch new satellites capable of transmitting data and images by March next year, official media said. "The satellites, which will be sent into space this (Iranian) year (which runs to March 2011), have telecommunication and filming capability," Taghipour said on a visit to Moscow, the state television website said. "These are Iranian-made and are currently ... Details

Iran: Bushehr Plant to Be Ready in Spring
05/03/2010 18:32

Iran's long-delayed Bushehr nuclear plant will be launched within a few months, an Iranian energy official said on Friday. "This plant will be launched according to schedule at the end of the spring and will run the same as the other nuclear plants in the world," Ali Akbar Saleh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said in quotes carried by news agency ILNA. The Iranian spring ends in late June. Russia said in January it ... Details

Iran to Build Two Enrichment Sites in Next Iranian Year
22/02/2010 11:52

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said Monday that Iran may start construction of two new enrichment sites in the Iranian new calendar year which starts on March 21, the ISNA news agency reported. Salehi said Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to announce "good news" on the kind of new centrifuges that are to be installed in the new enrichment sites. During a meeting held late December, ... Details

“Iran Among Top 10 Aerospace Forerunners'
12/02/2010 13:19

“Iran owes its aerospace achievements entirely to the 1979 Islamic Revolution,” says Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi, only a week after the country placed its third satellite carrier into orbit. "Today Iran has emerged as one of the top ten forerunners in the field of space research and technology," said Vahidi in a Thursday address to a rally commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. "Our stellar progress in space ... Details

Iran Set to Produce 20% Atom Fuel Tuesday, Plans to Build 10 Plants
08/02/2010 10:38

Iran on Monday officially notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to produce 20 percent enriched uranium, Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency told Al-Alam television. "Iran's official letter about commencing the 20 percent enrichment activity in order to provide fuel for the Tehran reactor has been handed over to the IAEA," Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the state-owned channel by telephone from Vienna. "We will hand ... Details

Ahmadinejad Hails Iran’s Successfully Firing of Satellite Rocket
03/02/2010 9:42

Iran successfully fired on Wednesday a home-built satellite rocket, Kavoshgar 3, carrying an "experimental capsule," state-owned Al-Alam television reported. “Projects that we inaugurated are mostly on the very edge of modern technology… each one of them call for a national celebration,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, while addressing a gathering of scientists and state officials. “Those individuals whose contributions ... Details

Iran near Self-Sufficiency in Electronic, Optic and Telecommunication
02/02/2010 10:21

Iran's defense minister said Monday that the country is taking the final steps in becoming self-sufficient in the production of complicated electronic, optic and telecommunication systems. Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran has made great progress in developing high-tech hardware, including space systems. He pointed out that designing and developing secure and stable networks as well as controlling and conducting electronic ... Details