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Iran to accept nuke deal with changes

FP | Oct. 27, 2009

Iran's state-controlled al-Alam TV channel reported on Tuesday that Iran will accept a UN brokered deal on uranium enrichment with some "very important changes" and would deliver its official response within 48 hours. Under the original deal, Iran would ship its low-enriched uranium to Russia for higher processing.

It is not known what changes the regime may insist on. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has suggested that Iran may ship some of its uranium abroad in addition to purchasing processed nuclear fuel from other countries.

Iran missed a Friday deadline for responding to the initial proposal. French Foreign Minsiter Bernard Kouchner accused the Iranians, Mottaki in particular, of wasting times, warning, "One day it will be too late."

In a meeting with Turkish Prime Minsiter Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad avoided specific reference to the enrichment proposal but reiterated his country's right to pursue nuclear power.