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Iran, Brazil, Turkey Holding Talks on Nuclear Plan

   VOA News 24 July 2010
   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo)

Photo: AP

   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo)

   Iran  says  Foreign  Minister  Manouchehr  Mottaki  will meet with his
   Turkish  and  Brazilian  counterparts Sunday to discuss a nuclear fuel
   swap proposal.
   Tehran  says  the  foreign  ministers will meet in Turkey to discuss a
   deal  brokered  in May as the U.N. moved toward imposing new sanctions
   on Iran.
   Under  the  plan,  Iran would send some of its low-enriched uranium to
   Turkey  in  exchange  for  higher-grade  nuclear  fuel  for  a medical
   research reactor. Â
   The  proposal has been sidelined since the U.N. imposed a fourth round
   of  sanctions  in  June  and  the  United  States  and  European Union
   announced plans for additional penalties.
   Iran  says  its  nuclear  program is peaceful. Western nations suspect
   Tehran is trying to build nuclear weapons.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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