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" ... “It should work,” he said during an interview on Public Broadcasting’s Charlie Rose television show as he ends his tenure as IAEA chief. “Iran has a lot of trust in Turkey.” The Obama administration would agree to this proposal because the US is “very comfortable with Turkey,” he said. ElBaradei, meanwhile, noted that, although he hasn’t presented the idea to the Turkish government, he is confident that Turkish officials would be receptive to holding the material in IAEA custody. Iran would then get fuel for its research reactor in Tehran from Russia. Iran is considering the proposal, he said......
The Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), however, on Saturday, quoted “an informed source in Tehran” who announced that Iran had rejected the IAEA proposal to transfer its enriched uranium to Turkey in order to allay the US and European Union concerns. The proposal was presented a long time ago by ElBaradei and Tehran rejected it at that time, ISNA quoted the same official as saying, speaking on condition of anonymity.
It seems that the IAEA chief is trying to take advantage of the Iranian president’s upcoming trip to Turkey in the media, the official added in reference to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to İstanbul ..."
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US to give Iran more time .....
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"..... "There have been communications back and forth. We are in extra innings in these negotiations. That's sometimes the way these things go," said Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the IAEA. "We want to give some space to Iran to work through this. It's a tough issue for them, quite obviously, and we're hoping for an early, positive answer from the Iranians."......
Diplomats say Western powers will reconsider sanctions if there is no breakthrough with Iran by the end of the year..."
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