With Iran’s first nuclear power plant at Bushehr about to reach a serious milestone on the path to electricity generation, Iran is looking to expand its energy generation program with more such plants, officials say.
To that end Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced today that they are inviting US companies to take part in the bidding process, adding that they “are ready to cooperate with any company from any country which is capable of building such facilities with high standard.”
The Bushehr plant is being constructed by a Russian company, and while Russia would likely have the inside track on any future projects it is surprising to hear that Iran would even consider US companies at a time when US officials continue to openly talk of invading Iran.
Iran’s development has left it with a growing energy problem, as power generation from its oil industry cuts into its ability to export. The nation has been expanding its enrichment program to allow it to support a number of nuclear power plants with domestic fuel supplies. The US has demanded that Iran end its enrichment and buy all its fuel on the international market.
The way I see it, If attacking Iraq and Afghanistan was a mistake (which it was) then attacking Iran is a blunder…
Eagle.
Though I'm sure the offer will be dismissed as usual, it's slightly amusing to me to imagine what kind of dilemna this puts the companies who could stand to profit from this in. It's almost like offering free bacon to a jew.
The US is a mendacious thug that is hurting US companies all because of its obsession of trying to regain control of Iran. It will never happen. The Shah was a murderous coniving fluke that will never be repeated. The empire is thankfully dying on the vine…Thank you Afghanistan, and Iraq.