Text of report by Russian Channel One TV on 11 May

[Presenter] Today, the head of Rosatom [Federal Agency for Atomic Energy], Sergey Kiriyenko, and an Iranian delegation in Moscow discussed the completion of the construction of the nuclear power plant [NPP] in Bushehr. The first generating set of the NPP, which is being built by Russian experts, is already 90-per-cent ready. And a high-ranking Iranian official stated today that Tehran is ready to expand cooperation with Russia in the nuclear area.

[Mohammad Sa'idi, deputy chairman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, in Persian to Russian voiceover] Talking about Iran's and Russia's joint work in the atomic area, one can say that there is a large possibility of such cooperation. Within the next 20 years, we are planning to build a nuclear power plant of [a capacity of] more than 20,000 MW. The value of the contract is estimated at 15bn dollars. This is a huge sum. And we think that Russia will be able to become Iran's most important partner in this area.