Iran plans to sell its nuclear materials

TEHRAN. March 14. KAZINFORM Iran's Atomic Chief, Fereidoon Abbasi, said that Iran plans to export its nuclear materials and services to the global market, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

Fereidoon Abbasi, Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said in a conference here on Saturday that "We intend to participate in the global market in the field of exporting nuclear materials and services," according to IRNA.

"We want to export nuclear materials and services to other countries in the world in order to find our place in the global market and to economize our products," Abbasi was quoted as saying.

He also recommended "joint work with other world countries in nuclear field," said IRNA.

In February, in a decree issued by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ex-atomic chief Ali-Akbar Salehi was substituted by another nuclear scientist Fereidoon Abbasi who had survived a terrorist bomb attack at the end of last year; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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