An Iranian official confirmed that Iran had received the first batch of fuel from Russia for its atomic power plant being built in the southwest port city of Bushehr, Iran's ISNA news agency reported.

"The first batch is 82 tonnes for the first year of operations," the official was quoted as saying.

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