Iran is preparing to bring its first fully domestically developed nuclear fusion system into operation, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has said.

Axar.az reports, citing IRNA, that Eslami said Iranian scientists had made significant progress in developing the system and expressed hope that it would become operational as scheduled.

Ali Nowrouzi, head of Iran's Advanced Technologies Company, said the technology could have applications in medicine, including the production of radiopharmaceuticals and advanced diagnostic systems.

He added that the project's long-term goal was to develop a system capable of generating high electrical currents without energy losses.