中东－伊朗和俄罗斯签署核协议

 

Iran, Russia Sign Nuclear Agreement

 

Iran and Russia have signed an agreement for Russia to provide nuclear fuel to Iran, and for Tehran to return the spent fuel to Russia. The United States, which suspects Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, opposed the deal.

 

The agreement was signed Sunday at the Bushehr nuclear plant in southern Iran, and paves the way for Iran to start up its first nuclear power plant sometime next year.

 

The deal calls for Russia to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, with a pledge from Tehran to return all spent nuclear fuel to Russia.

 

Washington has strongly opposed such an agreement, accusing Iran of secretly attempting to develop a nuclear weapons program. But, with agreement from Iran to return the spent nuclear fuel, which could be used to make bomb-grade material, Russian officials have said they hope that will allay¹ concerns in the United States.

 

According to Iranian studies Professor Mohammed Saiid Abdel Moemen at Ein Shams² University in Cairo, the agreement has broad implications for Iran.

 

Mr. Moemen says Iran will choose a new president this year. He says fundamentalists in the republic want to gain this important post so that all aspects of control over Iranian society would be in their hands.

 

In this regard, Mr. Moemen says, there will likely be broad fundamentalist support for Hassan Rohani, the lead nuclear negotiator for Iran. He says the achievements made by Mr. Rohani would make him the likely presidential candidate to gain the most support.

 

The United States and Europe are more concerned about Iran's efforts to produce its own nuclear fuel through uranium enrichment.

 

France, Britain, and Germany are trying to secure an Iranian commitment to scrap³ its enrichment plans. Iran has suspended its enrichment activities during the talks, but has refused to entirely⁴ scrap the program that it says is for peaceful purposes.

 

Iran initiated⁶ its nuclear program before the 1979 Islamic revolution, and has announced plans to build several more nuclear power plants.

 

Greg LaMotte, VOA News, Cairo.

 

注释：

Tehran [teE5rAn] n. 德黑兰

accuse of 控告

allay [E5lei] vt. 减轻，减少

fundamentalist [fQndE5mentElist] n. 信奉正统派基督教的人

negotiator [ni5^EuFieitE] n. 谈判代表

achievement [E5tFi:vmEnt] n. 成就

be concerned about 关心

uranium enrichment 铀浓缩

initiate⁵ [i5niFieit] vt. 开始

1 allay   

v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)

参考例句：

• The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
• They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

2 shams   

假象( sham的名词复数 )； 假货； 虚假的行为（或感情、言语等）； 假装…的人

参考例句：

• Are those real diamonds or only shams? 那些是真钻石还是赝品？
• Tear away their veil of shams! 撕开他们的假面具吧！

3 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 initiate   

vt.开始，创始，发动；启蒙，使入门；引入

参考例句：

• A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
• They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。

6 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。