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122553
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 18:06
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Trilateral nuclear deal leaves no pretext for West: Iran
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali-Akbar Salehi, said on Monday the agreement reached between Iran, Turkey, and Brazil on nuclear fuel exchange ended the “only pretext” by Western powers.
According the nuclear deal signed on Monday, Iran has agreed to send some 1,200 kilograms of its lightly enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel to power Tehran’s research reactor.
“The point that they have been insisting on, was that the nuclear fuel swap should be carried out outside the Iranian territory, and we accepted this … and in this way their only pretext was removed,” Salehi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran director, told reporters.
Salehi also said the agreement shows Iran’s “goodwill” to resolve the nuclear issue.
“We showed our goodwill, understanding, and the spirit of cooperation once again and accepted that the nuclear fuel swap take place,” he said.
However, Salehi predicated that the Western powers will certainly try to find other pretexts, but the world and the Iranian nation understood that Iran has cooperated with IAEA and the international community, and has tried to make its nuclear activities transparent, he stated.
According the nuclear deal signed on Monday, Iran has agreed to send some 1,200 kilograms of its lightly enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel to power Tehran’s research reactor.
“The point that they have been insisting on, was that the nuclear fuel swap should be carried out outside the Iranian territory, and we accepted this … and in this way their only pretext was removed,” Salehi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran director, told reporters.
Salehi also said the agreement shows Iran’s “goodwill” to resolve the nuclear issue.
“We showed our goodwill, understanding, and the spirit of cooperation once again and accepted that the nuclear fuel swap take place,” he said.
However, Salehi predicated that the Western powers will certainly try to find other pretexts, but the world and the Iranian nation understood that Iran has cooperated with IAEA and the international community, and has tried to make its nuclear activities transparent, he stated.
