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Russian enrichment proposal for iran is dead Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-04-iran-russia-deal-dead_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-04-iran-russia-deal-dead_x.htm Posted 2/4/2006 8:13 AM Updated 2/4/2006 8:56 AM Proposal for enriching Iranian uranium in Russia is dead TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian official said Saturday that a proposal by Moscow to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia is dead following the U.N. nuclear agency's decision to report Iran to the Security Council. Javad Vaeidi, deputy head of the powerful National Security Council, said there was no "adequate reason to pursue the Russian plan." "Commercial scale uranium enrichment will be resumed in Natanz in accordance with the law passed by the parliament," Vaeidi told state television in a telephone interview from Vienna. Natanz is Iran's main enrichment plant. The Russian government had proposed that Iran shift its plan for large-scale enrichment of uranium to Russian territory to allay world suspicions that Iran might use the process to develop a nuclear bomb. Uranium enriched to a low degree is used as fuel for nuclear reactors. But highly enriched uranium is suitable for making atomic bombs. Vaeidi spoke shortly after the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council, expressing concern that Tehran's nuclear program may not be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." Twenty-seven of the IAEA's board's 35 state-members, including Russia, voted for the motion, which was presented at the agency's headquarters in Vienna. Three nations voted against and five abstained. Vaeidi told reporters in Vienna that Iran would "immediately" retaliate. He said that, after approval by the Iranian National Security Council, Iran would stop honoring an agreement with the IAEA allowing its inspectors broad powers to monitor Tehran's nuclear activities and would start work on full-scale uranium enrichment. Vaiedi said that if Russia resubmits its proposal some time in the future, "we would see if, under the new circumstances, it would make any sense or not." The IAEA decision sets the stage for Security Council action against Iran, which could include sanctions. However, this was not expected to come before the IAEA files a report on Iran next month. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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