Iran’s uranium to be transported to Russia by end of 2015 - deputy FM

MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. Transportation of more than 8.5 tons of Iranian uranium to Russia is planned to be completed by the end of the year, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday. "The prospect of implementing the Joint Plan of Action looks positive in general. Until the end of the year, we will most likely complete transporting low-enriched uranium from Iran to Russia - more than 8.5 tons," Ryabkov, who served as Russia’s representative at the talks on the Iranian nuclear program, said. "We are also moving forward in launching works on modernizing the fuel enrichment facility in Fordow where, as you know, the production of stable isotopes will be set up," Rysbkov continued talking about the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program. "Other countries play a key role in modernizing the heavy-water reactor in Arak," he added. Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program On 14 July 2015, the P5+1 group of international mediators (five permanent members of UN Security Council - US, UK, Russia, China, France - and Germany) and Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran will not produce weapons-grade plutonium and limit its stockpile of uranium enriched to 3.67 percent to 300 kilograms for the next 15 years. Tehran also agreed to modernize its nuclear facilities and use them for exclusively peaceful purposes. Sanctions will be gradually removed from Iran. The arms embargo imposed by UN Security Council will be kept in place for five years, ban for supplying ballistic missile technologies to Iran - for eight years. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will monitor nuclear facilities in Iran for the next 25 years. If any points of the agreement are violated by Iran, sanctions against the country will be renewed. On July 20, the corresponding resolution on Iran’s nuclear program agreement was adopted by UN Security Council. Read more