Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 47

23-Nov-2009

IRAN

Iran Rejects UN Nuclear Fuel Supply Proposals

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced on 18 November that the government had declined an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proposal for Iran to be supplied with low-enriched uranium fuel for a Tehran-based research reactor that produces medical isotopes. Mr Mottaki said that the proposal was not economically and technically viable, and he emphasized that Tehran will...