(Photo: BBC)Iran Demands Nuclear Fuel Supplies Before Giving Up Weapons Programme -- The Daily Telegraph
Iran has demanded the establishment of a copper-bottomed international supply of nuclear fuel before it gives up its illegal pursuit of bombs grade material.
But Tehran's statements reversed the requirements of United Nations sanctions that it suspend its nuclear programme before it can gain the benefits of international assistance.
Guarantees of enriched uranium supplies, modern atomic technology and security assurances have been repeatedly extended to Iran by world powers but Tehran has spurned deals and fulminated against negotiating under threat.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the country's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran would also demand stockpiles of nuclear fuel to guarantee its energy independence. "This is a first step," he said. "Then the next step is to see it really implemented. The situation would be different, we would have to see. Plus every country has to be cautious, to have as a contingency plan a fuel reserve in case of interruption."
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My Comment: The gall .... I tell you .... the gall.
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