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Iran gives West Feb. 1 deadline for nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (MNA) -- Iran says it will produce 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor if the West refuses to provide the fuel by February.
The West should decide whether it wants to sell nuclear fuel to Iran or swap 20 percent nuclear fuel for Iran’s low-enriched uranium, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
“This is an ultimatum,” he said.
“The international community has only one more month to make a decision. Otherwise, Tehran will enrich uranium to the higher purity needed for the fuel,” he added.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Saturday that according to the negotiations between Iran and the West, Western countries have until February to provide the nuclear fuel to Iran, and if they fail to do so, Iran will make the necessary decision.
Iran dismissed an end-of-2009 deadline imposed by the West to accept a UN-drafted deal to swap most of its enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Instead, Tehran presented another proposal, according to which the West should either sell the nuclear fuel to Iran or swap the nuclear fuel for Iran’s enriched uranium, to be delivered in smaller consignments instead of all at once as the UN plan calls for.
The West should decide whether it wants to sell nuclear fuel to Iran or swap 20 percent nuclear fuel for Iran’s low-enriched uranium, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
“This is an ultimatum,” he said.
“The international community has only one more month to make a decision. Otherwise, Tehran will enrich uranium to the higher purity needed for the fuel,” he added.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Saturday that according to the negotiations between Iran and the West, Western countries have until February to provide the nuclear fuel to Iran, and if they fail to do so, Iran will make the necessary decision.
Iran dismissed an end-of-2009 deadline imposed by the West to accept a UN-drafted deal to swap most of its enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Instead, Tehran presented another proposal, according to which the West should either sell the nuclear fuel to Iran or swap the nuclear fuel for Iran’s enriched uranium, to be delivered in smaller consignments instead of all at once as the UN plan calls for.
