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weapons, while Tehran claims it is pursuing nuclear technology for its civilian energy needs.Under a plan drawn up by the IAEA last October, Iran was to ship out its low-enriched uranium to Russia, where it would be enriched and then sent to France to be made into fuel rods and returned to the Islamic Republic for use in its research reactor in Tehran.
The proposal was approved by the six international mediators on Iran"s nuclear program but then rejected by Tehran, which suggested it could consider a simultaneous swap of its low-enriched uranium for 20%-enriched uranium, but that the exchange would have to take place on its own territory.
MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti)
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