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Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys
Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:34pm EDT
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said on Friday.
In what the International Atomic Energy Agency has described as an initial response to an IAEA-drafted nuclear fuel proposal, Western diplomats said on condition of anonymity that major Western powers found the Iranian demand for immediate access to fresh atomic fuel unacceptable.
Tehran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and has refused to halt it, while Western powers fear Iran is covertly developing atomic weapons.
"The Iranians want to get enriched uranium fuel for their reactor first before they send it abroad, which simply isn't acceptable," one diplomat told Reuters.
Another diplomat confirmed the remarks as accurate.
The diplomats said it was unclear whether the proposal was a serious one or if the Iranians were trying to drag out the negotiating process.
The press office of Iran's U.N. mission was not immediately available for comment. Nor was Iran's IAEA envoy in Vienna.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who is in New York for a series of meetings at U.N. headquarters, also declined to comment when asked by Reuters about Tehran's response.
The IAEA proposal calls for Iran to transfer about 75 percent of its known 1.5 metric tons of low-enriched uranium to Russia for further enrichment by the end of this year, then to France for conversion into fuel plates for a reactor in Tehran that produces radio isotopes for cancer treatment.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Tehran earlier this week to accept the IAEA proposal, saying it would "constitute an important confidence-building measure."
EU leaders urged Iran to accept the IAEA deal, saying progress would help open the door to further cooperation.
NO FORMAL RESPONSE FROM IRAN
Diplomats said Iran has yet to give a formal response to the U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel proposal after signaling it would do so this week but has leaked other demands for major changes that could unravel the tentative pact.
Western diplomats complained Iran had shown scant interest in following through on a plan they saw as crucial to demonstrating Tehran's nuclear ambitions are peaceful.
Iran's official IRNA news agency said on Friday that Tehran had not yet given its final response and was ready for more talks. The report suggested Iran would remain evasive. Continued...
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