The President of Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, said in reference to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy:

“Used Nuclear energy To desalinate water, and through it we can also Removal of salts Of water, that is, even if we had it Small reactors In the southern regions of the country, they can be used for water desalination.”

He added:

“ importantly, that Nuclear energy Peacefully used for medicinal purposes. To produce radiopharmaceuticals, we must have neutrons and reactors to convert the substance into another substance, and today we produce 70 radiopharmaceuticals.”

According to Aghamiri, in 2001, we had a total of 4 Radiopharmaceuticals We were importing it from abroad and were subjected to severe harassment regarding this matter.