World Tribune reported today,
Iranian and Russian officials said Russia’s Atomstroiexport would be unable to begin operations of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor before the second quarter of 2009. They said the Russian project has been hampered by unidentified technical flaws, Middle East Newsline reported.
Boroujerdi, chairman of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, did not elaborate, but said Atomstroiexport pledged to begin operations at Bushehr in February 2009. He said Russia ended delays in the supply of nuclear fuel for Bushehr. Officials said the delays could mark a delay of five to eight months in the opening of Iran’s 1,000 megawatt nuclear reactor. They said Moscow had pledged to launch full operations of Bushehr in November 2008. — World Tribune (Source)
If this is true, then the window of opportunity for Israel to strike Iran widens. As I’ve said previously, the start-up of the Bushehr reactor is the Israeli deadline if they will strike Iran. If the reactor is delayed well into 2009, perhaps Israel will patiently wait and see how the elections in Iran are shaping up since their elections are in 2009.
Until next time…
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