The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will start building two new nuclear power plants in the Southern province of Bushehr in the current Iranian year (will end March 20)

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will start building two new nuclear power plants in the Southern province of Bushehr in the current Iranian year (will end March 20), AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi announced on Monday.

"We reached agreements in our (recent) talks with the Rosatom (the Russian contractor) Chief on the construction of two power plants with a minimum capacity of 1,000-megawatt and equipped with water sweetening systems beside Bushehr's first nuclear power plant," Kamalvandi said on Monday.

He noted that his recent visit to Russia was also aimed at finalizing the legal, trade and technical aspects of the same agreements with Rosatom, according to Fars news agency.

"We believe that we can sign a relevant protocol and memos as well as its various side contracts in the next few months remaining from 2014, and start the construction phase during this (Iranian) year," he said.

In March, Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and the AEOI reached an agreement to construct at least two more nuclear power plants in Bushehr.