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02 March 2010 [19:24] - Today.Az
Japan made a new offer to Iran to sell 20-percent enriched uranium Iranian Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee member Zohra Ilahiyan said.
Tokyo expressed its intention to mediate in the issue of Iran's nuclear program and proposed to sell enriched uranium to Iran, which was discussed at a meeting with Speaker Ali Larijani, Ilahiyan, who accompanied Larijani during his Japan visit said.
She said Larijani welcomed Japan's proposal and invited the leaders of Japan's Atomic Energy Organization and representatives of the Japanese Parliament to visit the country to familiarize with nuclear facilities.
During Larijani's meting with the Japanese officials, it was proposed to build several nuclear plants in Iran by Japanese specialists.
The Iranian parliamentary speaker paid a four-day visit to Japan Feb.22.
In December 2009, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proposed Iran to transfer 1200 kg of 3.5-percent enriched uranium to Russia and receive a 20-percent enriched uranium From France to provide fuel for the Tehran nuclear reactor. Iran has not given a concrete answer to this proposal.
The West asked Iran to transfer 1,200 kilograms of 3.5-percent enriched uranium to Russia in exchange for 20-percent enriched uranium to provide fuel for the reactor's laboratory.
The Tehran laboratory reactor was built 40 years ago by the U.S. Its main function is to produce medicine. Acquiring 19.75-percent uranium from Argentina, Iran provided the laboratory with fuel for the last time in 1993.
Iran launched uranium enrichment Feb.9. Iran has a capacity to enrich uranium to 20-percent in the amount of 3-5 kilograms per month, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Ali Akbar Salehi said. In his speech Feb.11, the Iranian president said Iran will three-fold increase the level of production.
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.
/Trend News/
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