Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Russia and the United States to accept a nuclear fuel swap deal. Mr. Ahmadinejad stated that the swap would be a “historic opportunity” for President Barack Obama. He said that President Barack Obama “should bear in mind that if he does not use this opportunity, Iranians unlikely to give him a new chance. There are people in the world and in America who insist on pitting Mr. Obama against Iranians and push him to the point of no return and force him to do something which will forever block the path of friendship with Iranians.” Iran is already under three sets of UN sanctions for its refusal to stop the uranium enrichment process, where other countries see the program as a way to cover a drive for nuclear weapon. Iran denies any of the allegations and insists that the program is only for power generation and medical purposes. Ahmadinejad had gone out at Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Moscow’s position on the nuclear issue. He had accused their long time trade partner of “siding with those who have not been our enemy for 30 years.” He added, “We hope Russian officials will pay attention, make amends and not let Iranians put them in the line of their historic enemies.”
Iran had submitted a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a plan to send 1200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium to Turkey so that it would be made into a higher –grade fuel and will be used for medical research reactor in Tehran. The IAEA has not yet commented on the deal; however specialists said that the accord has a key technical flaw as it fails to allocate enough time to make the fuel. Iran awaits a 20 percent enriched uranium reactor fuel within a year of depositing its low-enriched uranium in Turkey.
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