Iran says uranium enrichment not on agenda

  • 12/15/2022
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Tehran, Sept 18, SPA -- Iran said Sunday that the resumption ofits uranium enrichment program is not on its agenda. "Enrichment is not on the agenda for the time being butif the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting on Monday leads to radical results, we will make our decision to correspond to that," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said. "In a radical atmosphere, there is the possibility of anydecision (by Iran)," he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. The Vienna-based IAEA is scheduled to take up the Iranissue in a Monday meeting. The United States is seekingsupport from board members to refer Iran to the U.N.Security Council for possible sanctions. Asefi said Iran expects the U.N. nuclear watchdog torefrain from taking unilateral and radical action. "The agency should not demand anything more than the NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) has demanded from us,"he said.--SPA1444 Local Time 1144 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/290144

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