Iran to help countries in building nuclear power plants

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Iran is prepared to cooperate in the construction of nuclear power plants with countries that possess the international standards required for setting up the structures, Iranian media reported. "We are prepared to cooperate with the countries that possess the [International Atomic Energy] Agency's requisite standards for the construction of nuclear power plants," Fereydoun Abbasi told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. Responding to a question on whether Japan was among the countries with which Iran would cooperate in the field, Abbasi said, "Should they want to cooperate with us in this regard, we possess the preparedness to cooperate with them." Abbasi noted that Iran was "currently obtaining the required experience to be able to manage the issue of building new power plants."