TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran will accept the framework of a nuclear deal proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) but wants significant changes into it, state-owned Arabic language Al-Alam TV reported Tuesday.

    Iran will announce its decision within the next 48 hours on the UN-drafted deal for Tehran to send low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the report quoted an informed source close to the negotiating team as saying.

    Iran accepts the framework of the deal, but its response "will contain significant changes in the draft agreement," the informed source said.

    The draft agreement, presented by the IAEA, calls for shipping most of Iran's existing low-grade enriched uranium to Russia and France, where it would be processed into fuel rods with a purity of 20 percent.

    The higher-level enriched uranium would be transported back to Iran to be used in a research reactor in Tehran for the manufacture of medical radioisotopes.

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UN inspectors finish inspecting Iran's 2nd nuclear plant: official

    TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A top Iranian lawmaker said Monday that the team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have finished their inspection of Iran's newly-disclosed uranium enrichment plant, local ISNA news agency reported.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran on Oct.25, 2009,  in order to visit Iran's newly-disclosed uranium enrichment plant near Qom.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "The inspectors of the agency have finished their job at Fordo (uranium enrichment plant)," Alaeddin Boroujerdi who heads Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy commission was quoted as saying. Full story

U.S. supports IAEA's proposal on Iran's low enriched uranium

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday voiced its support for an proposal by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the enriched uranium with a higher purity needed for research reactor in Iran would be produced abroad.

    "We greatly appreciate IAEA Director General ElBaradei's skillful efforts and dedication to pursue this initiative of getting Iran to send out their low-enriched uranium to third countries," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told a news briefing. Full story