Iran on Monday officially informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its nuclear-fuel-swap deal mediated by Brazil and Turkey last week, DPA reported.
The IAEA said its director general, Yukiya Amano, had received the Iranian, Brazilian and Turkish ambassadors, who handed over a letter signed by the head of the Iranian nuclear authority, Ali-Akbar Salehi.
Tehran has agreed to ship its low-enriched uranium (LEU) to Turkey for storage until it receives medium-enriched uranium fuel for its medical reactor.
The agreement was based on a plan put forward in October by the IAEA, to have Iranian uranium enriched in Russia and processed into fuel in France.
Negotiations on the IAEA plan broke down when Tehran insisted on exchanging its LEU on Iranian soil for processed fuel.
Brazil and Turkey brokered a compromise to store the fuel in Turkey.
Iran officially informs IAEA of nuclear deal
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