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| Iran makes nuclear offer, but West unconvinced |
| 2010-05-18 |
| TEHRAN - Iran made an apparent concession over its nuclear programme, but big powers expressed scepticism and analysts said the move seemed intended to split the international community and avert planned new U.N. sanctions. Tehran agreed with Brazil and Turkey on Monday to send some of its uranium abroad, reviving a fuel swap plan drafted by the U.N. with the aim of keeping its nuclear work in check. But Iran made clear it had no intention of suspending domestic enrichment the West suspects is aimed at making bombs. "There is no relation between the swap deal and our enrichment activities," Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told Reuters. He told Iranian television the deal was a move towards nuclear cooperation and "stopping sanctions". |
| Posted by:Steve White |