Iran awaits speedy response to nuclear work

Iran awaits quick response to nuclear package

Iran expects a rapid response from planet powers on an accord to ship very much of its reduced enriched uranium to Turkey as component of a nuclear fuel swap package, the foreign ministry explained on Tuesday.

Iran will notify the Global Atomic Power Agency (IAEA) of the accord signed on Monday with Turkey and Brazil "in writing, because of the normal channels, within a week," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast stated.

"We expect members of the Vienna party (the United States, France, Russia and the IAEA) to quickly announce their readiness" to put into action the fuel swap, he told reporters.

The IAEA mentioned it has obtained the text of the joint declaration by Iran, Brazil and Turkey but was now expecting Tehran to notify it directly of what commitments it had undertaken.

"We are now ready for prepared notification from Iran that it agrees with the appropriate provisions involved in the declaration," IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor stated on Monday.

The so-termed Vienna Group produced an supply last October to ship most of Iran's LEU out of the nation in return for higher grade reactor energy to be supplied by Russia and France.

Iran stalled on the option insisting it wants a simultaneous swap on its personal soil, which was rejected by globe powers.

Monday's accord signed in Tehran commits Iran to deposit 1,200 kilograms (2,640 pounds) of minimal enriched uranium (LEU) in Turkey in return for fuel for a Tehran study reactor.

Mehmanparast said if the Islamic republic reaches agreement with the nations required in the first IAEA-backed package, it "will pave the way for a lot more nuclear cooperation."