Iran plans to construct two more nuclear power plants despite international concern over its atomic programme, a top official said Monday. Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, said he did not expect the plan to affect upcoming nuclear talks with Europe. "We plan to construct two more nuclear power plants. We will do it through an international tender. It is part of meeting our electricity needs, it is not a secret issue," Larijani told a news conference. Earlier Monday, state-run television reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cabinet ministers had decided Sunday night to build a reactor in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Previously, Iran has said it would build a second power plant at Bushehr, where its first nuclear reactor is due to begin generating electricity in 2006.