Iran says UN-backed nuclear deal is not dead

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Iran says UN-backed nuclear deal is not dead
November 02, 2009 01:43 EST


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Iran's foreign minister says Tehran has not rejected a U.N.-backed nuclear deal, despite statements by lawmakers and the country's president.

The plan is aimed at limiting the country's ability to make nuclear weapons and Iran is calling for a technical panel to review its terms.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's statement could be seen as a softening of Iran's stand after senior Iranian lawmakers rejected the plan on Saturday. Earlier last week, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said his government will persist with its nuclear program despite international concerns.



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Iran calls for review of UN-backed nuclear fuel deal
Posted: 02 November 2009 1418 hrs

KUALA LUMPUR: Iran on Monday called for a review of a UN-backed nuclear fuel proposal, which is aimed at reducing its uranium stockpile and limiting its ability to make an atomic weapon.

Iran is under pressure to sign the deal, which would see its low-enriched uranium sent to Russia and France for conversion into fuel and sent back to a Tehran reactor monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"We have considered this proposal, we have some technical and economic considerations on that," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters during a visit to the Malaysian capital.

"Two days ago we passed our views and observations to the IAEA, so it is very much possible to establish a technical commission to review and reconsider all these issues," he said, speaking through a translator.


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[Wizard777]

1. Ahmadinejad has no authority in this area. What is important is what Ayatollah Khamenei thinks.

He has all the control in this area.