-15-general/Russia calls on Iran to fulfill IAEA demand to stop uranium enric

  • 12/15/2022
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Moscow, Sept 20, SPA -- Russia called on Iran on Monday to fulfill a demand from the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it freeze allwork on uranium enrichment, a technology that can be usedfor nuclear weapons. Iran has called the demand "illegal" and threatened tolimit cooperation with the International Atomic EnergyAgency if it moves toward imposing sanctions. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the U.N. agency'sresolution on Iran adopted Saturday represented acompromise. "The resolution gives markers on how to remove all theoutstanding questions in the optimal way, throughcooperation," the ministry said in a statement. "Inparticular, it addresses an appeal to Tehran to renew themoratorium on all enrichment work. We, too, support thisappeal."--SPA1259 Local Time 0959 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/203197

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