Iran has said that it has not rejected a U.N.-backed atomic plan and called for a technical panel to review its terms. According to Iranian news agency ILNA, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told this to reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.<br/> He said that Iran conveyed its stand to the International Atomic Energy Agency two days ago. Mottaki is in Malaysia to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of eight Islamic countries. Mottaki said Iran has three options to procure fuel for its reactor, which was launched 40 years ago. The first is to buy the fuel from other countries, the second is to enrich the uranium domestically and the third is to accept the U.N.-brokered plan.<br/>The U.N.-brokered plan would require Iran to send about 70 percent of its low-grade uranium stockpile to Russia in one batch by year's end for processing. Subsequently, France would convert the uranium into fuel rods that would be returned to Iran for use in a reactor in Tehran that produces medical isotopes.
News On AIR | November 2, 2009 6:25 PM
Iran still considering UN-backed atomic plan