Glad to see Iran nuclear power program moving along. I wonder if you can help me look up a few things since I don't know the Persian language.
What is the status of the Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project? Is it pretty much canceled or in indefinite hiatus? What will happen to the design? It is supposed to be the first indigenously designed Iranian NPP. Is the design complete, or is it only partially complete but still being pursued, or is it going to be used in some other NPP instead, or has it been canceled in favour of proven designs from other countries?
How much uranium reserve does Iran have? If you have the data I would like to know the amount of proven and probable ones. For simplicity's sake, proven is the amount actually in existing mines and probable is the amount estimated to exist in country, including in places not yet mined. These definitions aren't accurate, but it is good enough for my curiousity.
What about thorium? Any plan on using thorium in addition to uranium?
Any plan for moving to advanced reactor technology (i.e., generation IV reactors) or is Iran planning on sticking with proven VVER-1000 and its derivatives for the foreseeable future?
What's China and Ukraine and Belarus and other countries doing in terms of cooperation with Iran for peaceful use of nuclear energy? Basically any non-military use, including medical isotopes, food preservation, nondestructive material testing, superseed research, anything done in cooperation with a country other than Russia. Russian-Iran partnership in this field is fairly well-known and articles in English is somewhat available, but information on partnerships with other countries is harder to find. So if you can help filling in the blanks, I will be very thankful.
I realize that the above is quite a lot to ask. Feel free to take your time and to answer them bit by bit as time permits. Thank you.