| That's it, bite the hand that feeds you. |
But hours later in Moscow, the head of IranÂ’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, made clear that despite his grievances, nuclear cooperation with Moscow would continue and possibly expand.
| "Please don't cut us off!" |
“I believe the current contractor lacks the necessary technical capabilities,” Aghazadeh was quoted by students news agency ISNA as saying shortly before leaving for Moscow. “It was clear from the beginning that it (the contractor) was incapable, but we had to sign with the Russian contractor because we had no other alternative,” he said, adding that construction could be completed in six months.
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“Relations between Russia and Iran are very important for us,” Aghazadeh told Kiriyenko at the start of their meeting in Moscow. “We will focus on the completion of the Bushehr plant and also on cooperation in the nuclear power sector,” he added.