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October 22, 2009

Iran Accepts Draft Agreement on Uranium Production
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Iranian negotiators have accepted a draft agreement that would see most
of Iran’s enriched uranium transferred abroad. Under the deal, Russia
and France would help convert Iranian uranium to help fuel a research
reactor used for medical purposes. The agreement still requires approval
from Iranian leaders. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
said the deal would herald an early test of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “The door is open to a better future
with Iran. But the process of engagement cannot be open-ended. We are
not prepared to talk just for the sake of talking. As President Obama
noted after the October 1st meeting in Geneva, we appeared to have made
a constructive beginning, but that needs to be followed up by
constructive actions.”



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