Erdogan refuses to visit Iran

Iran avoids cooperation with the world community on nuclear program, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, so his visit to Tehran is canceled, the Deutsche Welle reports with reference to the French news site.

Brazilian President and Turkish Prime Minister's visit to Iran was planned for mediation between Iran and the West on the nuclear program.

Turkey and Brazil want to be mediators in shipment of Iran's 1200 kg of low-enriched uranium to the West for conversion into fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor. Iran has expressed interest in sharing the uranium only on its territory.

The U.S. and other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons for military purposes under the guise of peaceful nuclear energy program. Tehran denies the charges, saying that its nuclear program is aimed solely at meeting the country's electricity needs. The U.N. Security Council adopted five resolutions in connection with the suspension of Iran's nuclear program. Three involve the use of economic sanctions on Iran.


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