TEHRAN -- The Chairman of the Management and Planning Organization (MPO) Farhad Rahbar said here on Sunday that special considerations have been made for the construction of two nuclear power plants in the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2006).

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Majlis open session, Rahbar announced that the total sum of the budget amounts to 1.956 trillion rials (approximately 217.4 billion dollars).