UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed that it has received initial response from Iran on draft nuclear fuel agreement. A statement of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that Iran has submitted to it an initial response on a draft agreement on fuel for its civilian-nuclear research facility. The IAEA chief Mr. ElBaradei is consulting with the Iranian Government and others with the hope that agreement on his proposal can be reached soon. The IAEA chief also voiced hope that if approved, the agreement will open the way for a complete normalization of relations between Iran and the international community.Last week, Iran asked for more time to consider the proposal on the provision of fuel for the site in Iran’s capital, Tehran. The agreement was announced at the end of a three-day meeting in Vienna on 21 of this month, which was also attended by representatives from France, Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, IAEA inspectors visited a recently-disclosed uranium enrichment facility in the Iranian city of Qom. They will report their findings to the 35-member Board of Governors of IAEA before it convenes on 26th November in the Austrian capital. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the facility violates Security Council resolutions because of the delay in its disclosure and has repeated his call for Iran to implement Council resolutions and cooperate with the IAEA on resolving outstanding concerns regarding its nuclear programme. Iran says that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, but some other countries contend it is driven by military ambitions.