International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) walks with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh (R) as he arrives at Imam Khomeini International airport, 35 km (22 miles) south of Tehran October 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said Monday that Iran will continue its attempts to obtain rights of uranium enrichment and will keep up cooperating with IAEA, semi-official Fars news agency reported.

    "The Islamic Republic will continue its non-stop attempts to obtain its rights, including the use of peaceful nuclear energy and uranium enrichment, and at the same time will continue its cooperation with IAEA," Soltanieh was quoted as saying.

    His comments came immediately after the IAEA's report, and said that the new report of the IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei on Iran's nuclear activity is something "regular" and "repetitive."

    Soltanieh advised the IAEA member states to put an end to this "repetitive" and "boring" course, the report said.

    IAEA presented a report on the new developments of Iran's nuclear program on Monday.

Purchase of high grade uranium best option for Iran: lawmaker

    TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- An senior Iranian lawmaker said on Monday that the country considers purchasing of high grade uraniumas the best option to supply Tehran's research reactor fuel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

   "Purchase of uranium enriched to the level of 20 percent is the best option to supply the fuel needed for Tehran's reactor," Iran's parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission spokesman Kazem Jalali was quoted as saying. Full story

Iran favors to receive West's high grade uranium first

   TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian president's senior advisor Parviz Davoudi said Monday that Iran favors to receive West's high grade uranium first and then send its domestically enriched low grade uranium abroad, the official IRNA news agency reported.

   "Should we reach an agreement in our nuclear talks with the West, we would first receive the 20 percent enriched fuel and then send the 3.5 percent fuel abroad," Parviz Davoudi was quoted as saying. Full story

Turkey offers new solution to Iran over nuclear issue

    ANKARA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkish foreign minister said Turkey has offered Iran a new solution on behalf of the international community to resolve a nuclear standoff between the Muslim neighbor and the West, local newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported Monday.

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday on a flight to Spain that Turkey has negotiated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran and the United States and developed a new formula to mend rifts over a draft plan to diffuse the Iranian nuclear issue, said the report. Full story

Iran to become loser without sanctions suspended in nuclear deal: official

    TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian official said on Sunday that Iran will be the loser if its enriched uranium is exchanged without the imposed sanctions on the country being suspended, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

    Mohsen Rezaee, former commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic, said that, "In my opinion, the suspension of sanctions by the west is their proper response to build confidence." Full story

Turkey will not say no to store Iran's uranium: energy minister

    ANKARA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's energy minister said Friday Turkey would not say no if asked to store Iran's uranium to help solve the nuclear impasse between its Muslim neighbor and the West, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

    Asked if Turkey was ok with storing Iran's low-enriched uranium, Taner Yildiz said there had been no such formal requests to Turkeyneither from Iran nor from the United States but that the issue was being discussed, the report said. Full story

Iran not to retreat one step from nuclear rights: chief negotiator

    TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that the Islamic Republic will not retreat one step from the nuclear rights of its nation, the local satellite Press TV reported Tuesday.

    Jalili said that Iran is now enjoying its full right to peaceful nuclear energy thanks to the country's dynamic and active foreign policy, the report said.Full story