 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kuvakwa kwechirimwa ichi kwakatanga muna 1975 nemakambani eGermany, asi basa racho rakamiswa muna 1979 mushure mekushanduka kwechiIslam muIran. Nzvimbo yacho yakarwiswa mabhomba kakawanda munguva yehondo yeIran neIraq. Gare gare, chibvumirano chokupedza chirimwa chakasainwa pakati peIran neRussia Ministry for Atomic Energy muna 1995, neAtomstroyexport yeRussia yakadudzwa semushandi mukuru. Basa racho rakaregwa kwemakore anoverengeka nemhaka yezvinetso zvokugadzira zvinhu uye zvemari pamwe chete nedzvinyiriro yezvematongerwe enyika yaibva kuMadokero. Pashure pokunge kuvaka kwavazve mungozi yokumiswa muna 2007, chibvumirano chitsva chakasvikwa umo vaIran vakavimbisa kuripira mari dzinokwira uye inflation pashure pokupedzwa kwesimba racho. Kuendeswa kwepeturu yenyukireya kwakatanga gore iroro. Chirimwa chakatanga kuwedzera magetsi kune yenyika grid musi wa3 Gunyana 2011, uye chakavhurwa zviri pamutemo mumhemberero musi wa12 Gunyana 2011, ichipindwa negurukota rezvemagetsi reRussia Sergei Shmatko nemukuru weRosatom Sergey Kiriyenko. 