Rosatom has agreed to construct new reactors with complete capability of 5GW within the southern Hormozgan province.
Published On 26 Sep 2025
Tehran and Moscow have signed a $25bn deal to construct 4 nuclear energy reactors in southern Iran, based on Iranian state media.
Friday’s announcement comes because the United Nations Security Council is anticipated to vote on a China- and Russia-backed decision in search of delay, for a minimum of six months, within the reimposition of worldwide sanctions in opposition to Iran beneath the so-called “snapback mechanism” over its nuclear programme.
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Iran’s IRNA information company reported that the deal covers the development of 4 new models on a 500-hectare (1,235-acre) website within the metropolis of Sirik within the southern Hormozgan Province, which sits throughout the Gulf from the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
IRNA mentioned the Generation III energy reactors would generate 5GW of electrical energy.
Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom had introduced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in Moscow on the development of small nuclear energy crops in Iran, however gave no quantity.
Iran, which suffers energy shortages at occasions of excessive demand, presently has one working nuclear energy plant, within the southern metropolis of Bushehr. Also constructed by Russia, it has a capability of 1 GW.
Russia maintains shut relations with Iran. Moscow roundly condemned the United States and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear websites in June.
Israel mentioned on the time, with out offering proof, that Iran was on the verge of buying nuclear weapons. Western states have lengthy suspected Tehran of utilizing its nuclear vitality websites as a canopy.
Iran insists it has no such intention. President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated on the UN General Assembly earlier this week that Tehran will “by no means search to construct a nuclear bomb”.
Russia has additionally opposed the reimposition of punishing UN sanctions in opposition to Iran, and has backed extra diplomacy to maintain the 2015 nuclear deal alive.
The “snapback mechanism” of the Iran sanctions is about to take impact by the tip of Saturday and is being pushed by France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
