TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Tehran is ready to cooperate with world powers on issues regarding nuclear fuel, state TV reported.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran is ready to cooperate with world powers on issues regarding nuclear fuel, state TV reported. The photo above was taken on Aug. 4, 2009 in Tehran.(Xinha/AFP, File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
"We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear cooperation, building of power plants and reactors and we are ready to cooperate," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad.
He said that the West is now "cooperating with Iran" and hailed their change in the approach to the Iran nuclear issue "from confrontation to interaction."
Ahmadinejad reiterated that Iran will never give up its undeniable nuclear rights.
"The world must know that this government when it is in the hand of the people will not retreat one iota on its undeniable rights," he said.
"We will shake every hand that stretch out honestly," he said, "but our response to those who pursue hostility and dishonesty will be the same as that to Mr. (George W.) Bush."
He said that the issue of provision of nuclear fuel for Tehran's research reactor is an opportunity for Iran to evaluate the honesty of the world powers and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"Fortunately, conditions have been prepared for international cooperation in the nuclear field," he added.
Iran is expected to deliver later in the day its decision on an UN-drafted deal for Tehran to send low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing.
Iran will accept the framework of the nuclear deal proposed by the IAEA but wants significant changes to it, state-owned Arabic language Al-Alam TV reported Tuesday.
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
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
