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Iran Rejects Uranium Deal

IN THIS ISSUE: Iran rejects uranium deal, breakthrough after U.S. warns China on North Korea, the logic of our Iran sanctions, New START to come into force, Pakistan warns against India nuclear support, India nuke tech pact hits snags.

Published on January 25, 2011
 
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Citing Options, Iran Rejects Uranium Deal, Diplomat Says

Steven Erlanger | The New York Times

Ashton and Jalili

At the talks between Iran and six major powers in Istanbul over the weekend, Iran said it was "no longer interested" in a fuel-swap deal proposed by Washington and the others, a senior Western diplomat said Monday.

In Istanbul, the lead Western negotiator, Catherine Ashton, said only that her Iranian counterpart, Saeed Jalili, had refused to engage on the details of a revised offer to swap most of Iran's low-enriched uranium for fuel rods, to power a declining Tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes.     Full Article
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