02/03/10

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Iran's president has said it is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal to ease concerns about its nuclear programme. But for months, Iranian officials publically criticised the terms and said they were unwilling to export the uranium without simultaneously receiving fuel in return. The proposal proved unacceptable to the West. But in a television interview on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad dismissed the concerns of his "colleagues" that the West would not return the uranium, saying Iran would respond by producing more. "We have no problem sending our enriched uranium abroad," he said. AntiWar: Iran Accepts Third Party Enrichment Deal Terms. + Iran and US Moving in Circles? Damian Lataan: Iran Thwarts Israeli And U.S. Plans For Final Confrontation. AJ/The Middle East Blog: Iran attack update. FP/Stephen M. Walt: The Lobby versus Iran (revised edition).

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