Turkey has reaffirmed its commitment to returning Iran’s lower grade uranium should Western suppliers deny Tehran the fuel promised for its reactor. Iran, Brazil and Turkey issued a joint nuclear swap declaration on May 17, based on which Tehran agrees to exchange 1,200 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium with higher-enriched fuel on Turkish soil for [...]

The United States is ready to engage in talks with Tehran on a plan to provide nuclear fuel to Iran in exchange for some of its low-enriched uranium, the State Department says. “We obviously are fully prepared to follow up with Iran on specifics regarding our initial proposal involving the Tehran research reactor… as well [...]

As Iran voices readiness to hold technical talks on swapping low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel, it recommends the Vienna group not waste any more time. “The Tehran nuclear declaration on a possible nuclear fuel swap is a good base for the sides to build confidence,” IRNA quoted head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran [...]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is ready for technical talks on swapping low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. Mottaki made the remark in a press conference after holding trilateral talks with his counterparts from Turkey and Brazil in Istanbul on Sunday. He reiterated that Iran is ready to resume talks with the P5+1 group [...]

Turkey has called for the swift implementation of a nuclear fuel swap between Iran and the West as a peaceful solution to Tehran’s nuclear issue. Iran, Turkey and Brazil issued a joint nuclear declaration in May based on which Tehran voiced readiness to exchange its low-enriched uranium on Turkish soil with nuclear fuel for the [...]

Iran says the US allegation about the military nature of Tehran’s nuclear program is “a psychological war” aimed at creating a negative attitude towards the country. On Sunday, CIA director Leon Panetta said he “thinks” Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce two atomic weapons within two years, without elaborating on the source of the [...]

A prominent Iranian cleric has criticized the reaction of the UN Security Council’s permanent members on Iran’s nuclear fuel swap declaration. Iran, Brazil and Turkey singed a tripartite declaration on May 17, under which Tehran agreed to send 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 120 kg of 20 percent-enriched nuclear [...]

Iran has denied Western claims that it is buying time with a nuclear declaration based on which Tehran agreed to send its low-enriched uranium to Turkey. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Monday that Tehran’s nuclear declaration offered “a great opportunity for constructive interaction.” Iran on Monday officially notified the International Atomic Energy [...]

After several hours of intense negotiations, the trilateral meeting between Iran, Brazil and Turkey ends with Tehran agreeing to ship its domestic low-enriched uranium to Turkey. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Monday that the Tehran government has agreed to a draft proposal whereby Iran will send some 1200 kg of its 3.5 percent [...]

Iran says it is still waiting to receive “tangible assurances” from Western powers on the supply of fuel for a research reactor in Tehran. A deal US brokered in the UN nuclear watchdog proposed that Iran ship a large proportion of its domestic low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad for conversion into fuel rods for the Tehran [...]

A United Nations sponsored global nuclear fuel bank hosted by Moscow is expected to carry 40 tons of low-enriched uranium (LEU) by the end of the year, a top Russian official has said. The head of Russia’s nuclear corporation Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, said on Monday many countries had already registered their interest in the project, [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has waned against an attack on Iran, saying any act of aggression against the country will be met with a crushing response. “We will welcome a hand which has sincerely reached out for friendship, but if a hand is extended for aggression, the nation will cut it from the arm,” he [...]

Iran’s ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog insists that Tehran will not bow to the West’s pressure on Tehran’s abandoning of its enrichment activities. “Iran will never give up enrichment at any price. Even the threat of military attack will not stop us,” said Ali-Asghar Soltanieh in an interview with the New Statesman, a British [...]

In a letter to the UN nuclear watchdog, the US, Russia and France have proposed that Iran go to the world market as an alternate source for its much needed medical isotopes, instead of domestically producing fuel for its research reactor. The letter, which was addressed to the Director-General of the International atomic Energy Agency [...]

Iran’s nuclear chief confirms that the country has produced its first batch of higher-enriched uranium for use in a medical-research reactor in Tehran. This comes after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had announced on Thursday that the country has successfully managed to complete production of its first stock of uranium enriched to 20 percent. “We have [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tasked the country’s atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent, in order to meet the demands of the country’s cancer patients. Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, the president called on Ali Akbar Salehi, to start the process. “Mr. Salehi you start enriching [...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is ready to sign a deal with the major powers to exchange some of its low-enriched uranium for higher-grade fuel. “Iran sees good prospects for a comprehensive agreement and the aspects of the nuclear fuel swap are being seriously studied,” Mottaki said on Saturday on the sidelines of [...]

Russia has indicated that it will agree to any new sanctions against Iran only if the punitive measures target the country’s nuclear program and not its economy. “If in future hypothetically, if new sanctions are imposed, we are sure that sanctions should be limited to non-proliferation only,” Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters [...]

The West has urged Iran to submit a formal offer to the UN nuclear watchdog after the Iranian president said his government was ready to negotiate over a fuel swap deal. Under a deal backed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran would send most of its domestically-produced low enriched uranium (LEU) abroad for [...]

As Tehran gives one-month time limit for its research reactor fuel supply, the US claims that the ultimatum runs counter to Iran’s interests. The West is pressuring Tehran to accept a UN-backed draft deal, which would require Iran to send most of its domestically-produced low enriched uranium (LEU) abroad to be further refined for the [...]