Iran says will reply to IAEA proposal next week: report

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Source: Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will reply next week to a U.N.-drafted plan for it to cut a stockpile of nuclear fuel, Iranian state television quoted a senior official as saying on Friday.

"We will give our answer to Mr ElBaradei next week," it reported Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's representative to the IAEA, as saying


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE59M41F20091023

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Iran Fails to Accept Nuclear Proposal
By VOA News
23 October 2009

Iran has failed to accept a United Nations-backed proposal for uranium enrichment and has instead offered its own counterproposal.

Iranian state television is quoting an unidentified Iranian negotiator as saying Tehran has proposed that it purchase nuclear fuel for its reactor. The negotiator says Iran is awaiting a "positive and constructive" response to its plan from world powers.

Details of the Iranian counter proposal have not been made public.

A separate proposal drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency would give Iran access to uranium enriched to a level sufficient for civilian use, but lower than what is needed for a nuclear weapon.

Negotiators in Vienna had set a Friday deadline for an agreement, following talks between Iran, the United States, France and Russia.

more:http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-23-voa29.cfm

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1. U.S. says still hopes Iran will accept nuclear deal

U.S. says still hopes Iran will accept nuclear deal
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WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The United States still hopes that Iran will respond positively to a U.N.-backed deal on nuclear fuel supply when it makes its formal response next week, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.

"We hope that they will next week provide a positive response," department spokesman Ian Kelly told a news briefing, adding that "obviously we would have preferred to have a response today. We approach this with a sense of urgency."

more:http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKWAT01387220091023