Tehran, Iran, Aug 22, SPA -- Iran said Sunday it was planning to build more nuclear power plants with Russian help. "We have contracts with Russia to build more nuclearreactors. No number has been specified but definitely ourcontract with Russia is to build more than one nuclearpower plant," Asadollah Sabouri, deputy head of the AtomicEnergy Organization of Iran in charge of nuclear powerplants, told reporters Sunday. Sabouri also revealed that at least two European countrieshad expressed interest in the projects, although he refusedto name them. "They have given us documents expressing their readinessto join the projects. We welcome them. My message to theEuropeans is that we have to pass the paperwork stage andgo for binding contracts as soon as possible," he said. Sabouri said Iran's second nuclear reactor will be builtin Bushehr, a coastal town in southern Iran where Russia isalready building Iran's first nuclear power plant. Iran's Nuclear Energy Council has decided that the countryhas to produce 7,000 megawatts of electricity throughnuclear power plants by 2021 to meet Iran's increasingelectricity demands. "By 2021, Iran's electricity consumption will reach56,000 megawatts and we need to have capability to produce70,000 megawatts of electricity. Some 7,000 megawatts,about 10 percent, will be met through nuclear powerplants," Sabouri said. He said Iran was already studying other sites in Iran forother possible reactors.--SPA1452 Local Time 1152 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/194060