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Iran proposes big changes to draft atom deal: report
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal on Thursday, Iranian media said, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which had requested a ...
Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
telegraph.co.uk — Iran has been accused of playing games after attempting to renegotiate a deal on its nuclear programme.... (more) Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a... plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials ... (more) Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report
nytimes.com — This article is by David E. Sanger , Steven Erlanger and Robert F. Worth . WASHINGTON —... Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out ... (more) Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report
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The WonkLine: October 29, 2009
Wonk Room — ... “Iran will seek major revisions to a U.N.-draft nuclear fuel deal, including shipping abroad its low-enriched uranium (LEU) in stages rather than all at once,” a pro-government newspaper reported on Thursday. ...

Iran clenches its fist
Israel Matzav — ... Iran responded to the P - 5+1 countries on Thursday by clenching its fist. According to Iranian media, it demanded to send its low enriched uranium abroad gradually rather than all at once, and it demanded the right to import higher enriched uranium simultaneously with the lower enriched uranium's departure. Those conditions have been labeled ' non-starters ' for the West by the media. Western powers were likely to rebuff Tehran's proposed amendments because their priority is to reduce the stockpile of Iranian LEU to ward off the danger that Iran might turn it into the ...

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