Baku, Azerbaijan, April 22. The production of
vital radioisotopes in Iran is unfeasible without the operation of
the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), said Mohammad Eslami, Iran’s
Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI),
Trend
reports.
Speaking today at an event commemorating the anniversary of the
founding of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Eslami
explained that nearly 1 million people in the country currently
benefit from these radioisotopes. Without this potential, it would
have been impossible to acquire the necessary medications under
heavy sanctions.
Eslami further noted that if Iran had not pursued nuclear
energy, the country could have faced serious challenges. For
instance, the TRR, designed by the US, requires highly enriched
uranium. However, Western countries later refused to supply Iran
with this nuclear fuel. Thanks to the efforts of local experts,
Iran produced the necessary fuel domestically, allowing the Tehran
Research Reactor to resume its operations.
Iran declares that its nuclear program does not deviate from the
NPT agreement and continues within the framework of that agreement.
Iran notes that the level of enriched uranium has increased and
decreased within this framework. In some cases, Iran has used
uranium enriched up to 20, 60 or more percent for the Tehran
Research Reactor.
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