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Iran begins building four more nuclear power plants

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A worker rides a bicycle past the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Oct. 26, 2010. [File, VOA]

Iran began construction on four more nuclear power plants in the country's south, with expected total capacity of 5,000 megawatts, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

Iran seeks to produce 20,000 megawatts of nuclear energy by 2041.

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