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Wed, 05/19/2010 - 12:46
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Nuclear fuel swap off if West rejects it: Iran
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) -- Iran has announced that it is hopeful Western countries will accept the latest proposal for a nuclear fuel swap but added that the deal is off if the West rejects the agreement.
“If we feel that the West has deviated from this agreement, Tehran will not implement the deal,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
Asked whether an exchange of 1200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel was a fair deal, Mehmanparast responded, “What has been discussed in this agreement and agreed upon, will win the approval of all officials in the country.”
On the sidelines of the Group of 15 Summit, which was held in Tehran on Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed an agreement on a nuclear fuel swap.
The exchange would take place in Turkey under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.
The deal calls for Iran to exchange 1,200 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel to power the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.
According to the agreement, the LEU stockpile will remain the property of the Islamic Republic of Iran until the exchange has taken place. However, if the West does not abide by the terms of the agreement, Turkey will then be required to promptly return the LEU stockpile to Iran.
After the agreement was signed, Turkey and Brazil -- both non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- said it made sanctions unnecessary.
“My expectation is that after this declaration there will not be a need for sanctions,” the Turkish prime minister noted.
Commenting on the G15 Summit, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the meeting was very constructive and a major step in the direction of increased cooperation among the countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
This cooperation could result in the expansion of trade, technical, and scientific relations among the countries of the Global South, and thus the economic growth of those nations, he added.
“If we feel that the West has deviated from this agreement, Tehran will not implement the deal,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
Asked whether an exchange of 1200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel was a fair deal, Mehmanparast responded, “What has been discussed in this agreement and agreed upon, will win the approval of all officials in the country.”
On the sidelines of the Group of 15 Summit, which was held in Tehran on Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed an agreement on a nuclear fuel swap.
The exchange would take place in Turkey under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.
The deal calls for Iran to exchange 1,200 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel to power the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.
According to the agreement, the LEU stockpile will remain the property of the Islamic Republic of Iran until the exchange has taken place. However, if the West does not abide by the terms of the agreement, Turkey will then be required to promptly return the LEU stockpile to Iran.
After the agreement was signed, Turkey and Brazil -- both non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- said it made sanctions unnecessary.
“My expectation is that after this declaration there will not be a need for sanctions,” the Turkish prime minister noted.
Commenting on the G15 Summit, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the meeting was very constructive and a major step in the direction of increased cooperation among the countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
This cooperation could result in the expansion of trade, technical, and scientific relations among the countries of the Global South, and thus the economic growth of those nations, he added.
