Iran Invites U.S. to Bid on Power Plant

[DoYouEverWonder]

TEHRAN, Iran Dec 11, 2005 — Iran on Sunday offered the United States a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb U.S. opposition to its atomic program.

"America can take part in international bidding for the construction of Iran's nuclear power plant if they observe the basic standards and quality," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said at a news conference.

Asefi was apparently talking about a 360-megawatt light water nuclear power plant in southwestern Iran, which the head of the country's top atomic organization announced plans to build on Saturday.

Iran also wants to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity by building nuclear power plants with foreign help in southern Iran.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1394665&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[rpannier]

1. Halliburton's bid should be in any day now

Then miraculously the administration will no longer be opposed to Iran having the plant.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Nah,

they wouldn't meet the "basic standards and quality" requirement. They can rip off the US Gov't, but they won't be able to do that as easy with Iran. If they pad the bid, they won't get it.

[rodeodance]

2. How can bush refuse?---a chance for US business to make money.

[thecrow]

4. Iran is really pulling the US's chain, isn't it?