Iran's nuclear body may undergo an expansion after Tehran launched an initiative aimed at developing nuclear cooperation with countries other than Russia, the country's nuclear chief said.
"The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has stepped into a new phase; with the contract endorsed with Russia whose implementation is due to start in the near future, the AEOI is facing a large volume of work," AEOI Chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday during a ceremony in Tehran.
"We hope to ink cooperation contracts with other countries too," Salehi was quoted by Fars news as saying, adding that "if so the AEOI should enlarge".
Salehi revealed that Tehran had received several proposals from Asian and European countries for nuclear cooperation.
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