TEHRAN (Press TV) - Iran has received the second shipment of Russian-produced nuclear fuel for the Bushehr power plant, an Iranian official says.

""The quantity of fuel is equal to the amount dispatched previously to Iran,"" Ahmad Fayazbakhsh, Iran's chief of nuclear energy production, said.
Fayazbakhsh said that the second consignment has been delivered to Iran within the timeline specified by the two countries.
On December 17, Iran received the first nuclear fuel consignment.
Iran needs some 82 tons of fuel to launch the Bushehr reactor, standing in the southernmost part of Iran, near the Persian Gulf.
Based on an IAEA estimate, the Bushehr nuclear plant will come on-line in 2008.
---------Russian equipment for Bushehr plant
Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL has supplied Iran with equipment for the reactor core operations at the Bushehr plant.
""Along with the second shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr plant, we have delivered some equipment necessary for the reactor core operations, including control rods and shim rods,"" the representative of the state-run corporation said on Friday.
-----------Bush's Iran policy a failure
Moscow's fuel delivery to Tehran is another signal that the Bush administration's Iran policy has failed, political observers say.
“While the risk that Tehran might divert the low-enriched uranium for weapons use is relatively small, the political significance of the shipment is not. It is the latest reminder that the Bush administration's Iran policy is not working …,” an editorial by the New York Times read.
“Russia isn't the only country interested in pursuing more - not less - trade with Iran. And we fear it isn't the only one that will see the new intelligence estimate as a green light to give in to that temptation,” it added.
It said Washington can no longer relish its diplomatic leverage against Tehran, and persuade others to adopt a tough stance against the country over its nuclear dispute with the West.
The article concluded that the delivery of nuclear fuel sent a loud and clear message to Tehran that it can continue with its nuclear program.