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TEHRAN, May 31 (Xinhua) — Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami said on Saturday that there has been “some progress” in the proxy talks on the nuclear program between his country and the United States, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
He made the remarks at a national conference in the northern province of Mazandaran, referring to ongoing Oman-facilitated indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions against the latter.
As Eslami pointed out, although some progress has been made in indirect talks with the United States, some American officials continue to talk about Iran’s zero enrichment level, and such statements, in his words, are just rhetoric of “enemies aimed at appeasing Israel.”
Speaking about the production of nuclear electricity in Iran, he noted that the country has a 1,000 MW nuclear power plant in the southern province of Bushehr, which generated more than 7 billion kWh of electricity during the previous Iranian calendar year that ended on March 20, 2025.
M. Eslami also specified that by 2028, the country’s total nuclear power capacity will reach 3,000 MW, indicating that Iran has allocated sites for the construction of two nuclear power plants in the northern and southern parts of the country.
The head of the AEOI said that Iran plans to generate 20,000 MW of nuclear electricity by 2041 and stressed that the radiopharmaceuticals produced in the country are not inferior to their foreign counterparts.
Since April, Iran and the United States have held five rounds of proximity talks: three in the Omani capital Muscat and two in Rome.
In recent days, US officials have repeatedly demanded that Iran completely stop enriching uranium, to which Tehran has responded with a resolute refusal. –0–