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JERUSALEM-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will discuss Iran's nuclear program at a special meeting of senior ministers on Wednesday, officials said.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Ehud Barak are expected to take part in the meeting, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Olmert's spokesman played down the significance of the meeting."The prime minister is conducting business as usual. There are routine discussions on a whole series of issues," he said.Israeli Radio said government officials were concerned by reports that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station was nearing completion.Russia has already delivered nuclear fuel to Iran under a $1 billion contract to build the Bushehr plant, on the Gulf coast in southwest Iran, and Iranian officials say the reactor is likely to be started up soon.Tehran signed an agreement with Moscow allowing the Russians to remove the plutonium-rich spent fuel and return it to Russia but Israel Radio said government officials feared the fuel would remain in Iranian hands and could be used in weapons production.Israel, which is long assumed to have an arsenal of atomic weapons, has vowed to prevent Iran becoming a nuclear power in the region.Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insists the Islamic Republic is not a threat to any country and says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.As in the days of Noah...
