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Date / Time: 10/30/2009 6:14 AM UTC
ranian president tells rally Tehran is prepared to work with International Atomic Energy Agency
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran has 'undeniable right' to carry out nuclear work. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today said his country was ready to co-operate with the international community over its nuclear programme but insisted it would not give up its atomic ambitions.
"If you stretch your hand towards us honestly, we will grasp it," Ahmadinejad said in a nationally televised speech at a rally in the north-eastern city of Mashhad.
He said Iran was "ready to co-operate" on issues including the building of civil nuclear plants and fuel exchange and was prepared to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog.
"As long as this government is in power, it will not retreat one iota on the undeniable rights of the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad said.
"Fortunately, conditions have been prepared for international co-operation in the nuclear field. We welcome co-operation on nuclear fuel, power plants and technology, and we are ready to co-operate."
His comments came as Iran was expected to formally respond to a UN-drafted plan for its nuclear fuel to be processed outside the country, allowing it to be used for civil purposes but not to create nuclear weapons.
Reports in Iran suggest Tehran will accept the framework of the deal while demanding some changes.
Ahmadinejad suggested western powers were now ready to accept Iran's nuclear programme as a reality.
"Today we have reached a very important point," he said. "You remember where we have been a few years ago, and look where we are now.
"They imposed sanctions, made military threats and conducted psychological warfare. But now they are seeking cooperation with the Iranian nation.
"Today the nuclear issue is accepted as a normal issue and the [Iranian] people's right. It is nothing like before, when they wanted to impose sanctions or disable it.
"Today they propose that we enter discussions for finding solutions about the global problems."
Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, but the US and EU, among others, fear it is covertly planning to make atomic weapons.
Earlier today, IAEA inspectors returned to the organisation's headquarters in Vienna after visiting Iran's recently revealed second uranium enrichment plant.
The head of the delegation said the trip had been a success, but did not go into details.
The IAEA visit to the Fordo facility, carved into a mountainside south of Tehran, was the first outside inspection of the plant, the existence of which was only revealed last month.
The inspection was arranged by the IAEA's head, Mohamed ElBaradei, who also brokered the deal under which Iran will send low-enriched uranium abroad for processing and eventual use in a research reactor.
Under the arrangement, around 70% of the 1.5 tonnes Iran is known to possess will be sent to Russia by the end of this year for further enrichment before going to France for conversion into fuel plates.
The plates would then be returned to Tehran to power the reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.
Ahmadinejad indicated he was hopeful that Iran could work with the IAEA, saying: "Fortunately, the conditions for nuclear co-operation at the international level are provided.
"The IAEA is trying to fulfil its legal and proper role, which is nuclear co-operation and helping the independent nations in their nuclear development and technologies and to establish a healthy relations between governments."
He added that said he expected the six countries involved in the talks – the US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain – to keep their part of the bargain and "fulfil their previous commitments".
Javan, a pro-government Iranian newspaper, reported today that Iran would seek to ship its uranium abroad in stages, rather than sending the bulk in one consignment.
The US and others believe the shipping of more than a tonne of the fuel would for now eliminate Iran's opportunities to produce a nuclear weapon.
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