"We have the intention to build several other atomic electrical plants, toi the capacity of 6.000 Megawatts and we have proposed Russia to take advantage from the possibility, since it is already helping us to build our first nuclear-based power station", Aqazadeh said, as the international community is putting more pressures over the Islamic Republic to either end its present nuclear programmes or place all its atomic sites under the control of the International Atomic Energy Organisation, by signing the additional protocols to the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The United States and Israel are extremely concerned that Iran might use the nuclear facilities the Russian are building at the port of Booshehr, on the Persian Gulf for producing atomic bomb.

But both Tehran and Moscow rejects these fears and have stressed on their determination to go ahead, not only with the under construction Booshehr plant, but also new nuclear stations.

As the Board of the Vienna-based IAEA has offered the Isamic Republic until September to sign the additional protocols, Tehran is adamant to oblige, conditioning its signing of the treaty with the IAEA giving Iran more advanced technical know how on nuclear field.

Russia too, has urged Iran to sign the protocols, that allows the IAEA experts to go to Iran at any time and inspect all Iranian nuclear facilities and sites without any pre-conditions.

However, neither Aqazadeh, who is on a four-day visit to Moscow, nor Nuclear Power Minister Alexander Rumyantsev mentioned it at their news conference on Wednesday evening.

Instead, they vowed to continue cooperating on the Booshehr project. Rumyantsev said the first of the plant's four reactors is nearing completion. Plans call for it to go into service next year.

Both the Nuclear Power and Foreign ministries have urged Iran to sign a protocol that would allow the IAEA to conduct comprehensive inspections of all of its nuclear facilities

However, even if Iran does not sign the protocol, Rumyantsev's ministry has said the construction of Booshehr will continue and nuclear fuel will be supplied, as long as Iran agrees to return all the spent fuel to Russia. This is to prevent Iran from enriching the spent fuel to weapons-grade.

Aqazadeh said Iran does not want make "unilateral" concessions by signing the additional protocols to the NPT, but added immediately that Iran "would do so in a transparent atmosphere of mutual confidence between all signatories", according to the official Itar-Tass news agency.

Iran has invited the IAEA’s Egyptian Director Mohammad elBradeh’i for nine July, the fourth anniversary of the Iranian students revolt of 1999.

"We want all the parties respect their engagements concerning the NPT", said Mr. Aqazadeh, adding that Iran had "nothing to hide" as far as its atomic programmes are concerned.

In the Russian Capital for the annual session of Iran-Russia Atomic Commission, Mr. Aqazadeh was received warmly by all top Russian officials, including the Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Ivanov, the Atomic Energy Minister Alexander Rymyantsev and Head of the Russian Security Council.