<span style="color: #222222;">Iran and Russia today inaugurated a new phase of construction for a second reactor at Iran's sole nuclear power plant in Bushehr on the Gulf coast.<br />''<br />''Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Deputy chief of Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom, Alexander Lokshin, launched the new stage at a ceremony where concrete was poured for the reactor base.<br />''<br />''The reactor is one of two officially under construction since 2017 at the Bushehr site.<br />''<br />''The landmark 2015 nuclear deal Iran signed with six major powers, including Russia, placed restrictions on the sort of nuclear reactor Tehran could develop and its production of nuclear fuel. However, the pact did not require Iran to halt its use of nuclear energy for power generation.<br />''<br />''As part of the agreement, Moscow provides Tehran with the fuel it needs for its electricity-generating nuclear reactors.</span><br />