Tehran, Janaury 15: Iran has unveiled domestically-produced deuterated compounds at Arak heavy water plant in a ceremony attended by international envoys to the UN nuclear agency.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akabar Salehi hailed the achievement on Saturday and pointed to its use in medical research, a Press TV correspondent reported.
“Iran has become self-sufficient in deuterated compounds at Arak heavy water facility,” an Iranian scientist explained to the international envoys visiting the facility.
Delegates from Algeria, Cuba, Syria, Oman, Egypt, Venezuela, and the League of Arab States arrived in Tehran on Saturday, after the Islamic Republic invited diplomats representing political and geographical groups in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to tour the country’s nuclear facility.
Egypt is the current head of NAM and the G77 is being represented by Algeria.
In a meeting with the envoys, Salehi described the Iranian decision as a gesture of goodwill and transparency.
—Agencies