Nuclear talks at final stages

After the UN-drafted nuclear deal mainly clears the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme ,the focus of talks has shifted to the negotiations and discussion over further enrichment of the 1200 kg of low enriched uranium for turning it into nuclear fuel for reactor in Tehran.According to the draft-deal Iran would send most of its low enriched uranium abroad by the end of the year for further enrichment to turn it into fuel.

This has created deep misgivings in Iran over parting with the bulk of its Low enriched uranium for want of guarantee for the return of nuclear fuel and other concerns.Iranian Ambassador to IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh stressing the need for more talks says “ in order to ensure that our technical concerns and especially the issue of the guarantee of the fuel supply, are taken into consideration”,We are ready for the next round of technical discussions at the IAEA headquarters.

Already President Ahmadinejad speaking on another occasion deplored the western governments for failing to fulfill their earlier contracts saying “We expect the western governments to fulfill their commitments.There are contracts whose costs we have paid thirty years .These and earlier contracts should be implemented”.

With regard to IAEA proposals that entails further enrichment of low enrichment uranium abroad at Russia or Turkey ,Tehran has made a proposal that calls for international arms inspectors to take custody of much of their fuel ,but keep it on Kish,a Persian Gulf resort island that is a part of Iran .Russian ambassador in Iran Alexander Sadovinko called for “rapid settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue as a matter of importance for the security and stability of the region and contributing to the regional peace.”The Tehran Research Reactor is used for the purpose of producing radio isotopes to be used in cancer treatment by over 200 hospitals in Iran.

Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh stressed that IAEA is obliged to carry out the task of supplying nuclear fuel based on clauses I and II of its charter adding that “We are ready to purchase our required fuel under supervision of IAEA in the same method that we had already purchased it from Argentina 30 years ago”.

As Obama’s administration prepares to tackle Afghanistan and Iraq issue on priority basis an early finalization of Iran’s nuclear issue with regard to its final nitty-gritty mechanism appears to be in sight.