Russia expects Iran to agree to enrich uranium abroad under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, a Russian diplomatic spokesman said Tuesday.
Russia
expects
Iran
to
agree to enrich uranium abroad under the supervision of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, a Russian diplomatic spokesman said Tuesday.
"We are counting on a quick positive response from
Tehran
. Therefore
the question of adopting special sanctions is not relevant," spokesman
Andrei Nesterenko said.
Russia
, as a
permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, can veto any proposed sanctions
against
Iran
.
Iranian foreign affairs ministry spokesman Ramin Mehamanparast said earlier
Tuesday that "
Iran
is
not opposed to sending uranium abroad."
He added
Tehran
is
ready to send off its 3.5% low-enriched uranium (LEU) but would want a
simultaneous exchange on its soil with 20% pure uranium processed abroad.
Iran
earlier this month rejected an IAEA-brokered proposal to send out 1,200
kilograms of enriched uranium. It would then have been further enriched by
Russia
and
converted into fuel by
France
before being supplied to
Tehran
.
Iran
and
world powers have been at loggerheads for weeks, failing to reach a nuclear
fuel deal aimed at allaying Western concerns over
Tehran
's
nuclear program.
The West, led by
Washington
,
fears
Iran
wants
to build a nuclear bomb, an ambition Iranian officials strongly deny.
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