| Russian and Iranian nuclear officials are meeting in | | | | The United States has long objected to the Bushehr |
| Moscow to discuss Russia's construction of Iran's | | | | plant, saying it could be used to produce material for |
| Bushehr nuclear power plant. | | | | nuclear weapons. |
| The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization and | | | | Russia has agreed to take back the plant's spent fuel |
| Russia's Federal Nuclear Agency chief are expected | | | | so it cannot be used for weapons. But Iran has |
| to discuss the timetable for the completion of Iran's | | | | resisted a Russian proposal to conduct all of Iran's |
| first nuclear power plant as well as a schedule for | | | | uranium enrichment on Russian soil. |
| delivery of Russian nuclear fuel. | | | | Iran claims its uranium enrichment program is for |
| Iranian officials have expressed frustration that both | | | | peaceful purposes - mostly for providing fuel for |
| fuel deliveries and the construction are behind | | | | nuclear power. The United States alleges the program |
| schedule. | | | | is aimed at creating weapons-grade nuclear material. |
| Russian officials have said the facility would officially | | | | Some information for this report was provided by |
| start operations in September 2007, but it could | | | | AFP and AP . |
| begin generating electricity before then. | | | | |