Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Iran Will Refuse Any Agreement In Which It Must Ship Its Uranium Abroad



Iran Will Not Ship Uranium Abroad, Minister Says -- New York Times

Iran’s foreign minister said in remarks reported Wednesday that he opposes sending the country’s enriched uranium abroad under a tentative deal negotiated with the United States and other big powers last month. The foreign minister’s remarks cast further doubt on the deal, which the Obama administration had hoped would defuse a standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, told the student news agency ISNA that Iran would consider a simultaneous swap of its nuclear fuel for other uranium. But he told ISNA, “Definitely, Iran will not send its 3.5 percent-enriched fuel out.”

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More News On Iran's Nuclear Program

Iran rejects UN-proposed nuclear deal -- AP
Iran Rules Out Proposal to Send Uranium Abroad -- Global Security Newswire
Iran rejects sending uranium abroad -- Reuters
Iran rejects UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal -- AFP
Iran will not send enriched uranium abroad - foreign minister -- RIA Novosti
Iran Rejects Notion It Has Not Responded to Nuclear Plan -- Voice of America
Iran seeks to amend nuclear deal -- BBC
Bushehr plant 'to come on stream in coming months' -- Press TV
Nuclear Plant Built for Iran Is Delayed, Russia Says -- New York Times
New nuclear site shows Iran immune to threats -- Reuters
US says time 'very short' for Iran on nuclear deal -- Reuters
Resolution on Iran seems remote -- Politico

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