Baku, Azerbaijan, April 28. Iranian Foreign
Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi’s proposal to build a reactor with
US participation meets Iran’s needs, the spokesman for Iran’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmail Baghaei at a press conference
held in Tehran on April 28, Trend reports..
According to him, many claims have been made over the past
decades regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear program. These claims are
that Iran does not need nuclear energy because it has abundant oil
and gas reserves. However, these claims are completely
unfounded.
Baghaei stated that Iran will need alternative resources other
than oil and gas to meet its energy needs in the coming years.
“As Iran’s foreign minister stated, Iran has great potential in
the energy sector. Iran has never prohibited assistance from
various countries in this field,” he noted.
The Iranian minister stated in a piece prepared for a speech by
Iranian FM Seyyed Abbas Araghchi at the Carnegie Institution that
Iran’s focus is on building 19 new nuclear reactors as part of a
long-term program. U.S. companies may also participate in these
projects.