Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 7
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
An Iranian MP has confirmed that the country recently purchased 149 tons of yellowcake (natural uranium) denying the remarks suggesting that Russia was the seller of the shipment.
Mojtaba Zolnouri, the head of Iranian parliament’s nuclear committee, has said that “for some reasons” he cannot disclose the name of the country that exported the yellowcake shipment to Iran, ICANA (Iranian parliament’s official news agency) reported.
“I emphasize that Russia was not a side of this deal,” he added.
The MP also refused the reports that suggest Iran received the yellowcake shipment in exchange for “raw uranium”.
Earlier on Feb. 6, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced that the country would receive the final batch of the 149-ton yellowcake shipment from Russia on Feb. 7.