Iran awaits fast response to nuclear cope

Iran awaits swift response to nuclear option

Iran expects a quick response from world powers on an accord to ship a lot of its decreased enriched uranium to Turkey as part of a nuclear energy swap option, the foreign ministry proclaimed on Tuesday.

Iran will notify the Worldwide Atomic Power Agency (IAEA) of the accord signed on Monday with Turkey and Brazil "in writing, because of the normal channels, within a week," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast proclaimed.

"We anticipate members of the Vienna team (the United States, France, Russia and the IAEA) to easily announce their readiness" to put into action the fuel swap, he told reporters.

The IAEA explained it has obtained the text of the joint declaration by Iran, Brazil and Turkey but was now ready for Tehran to notify it immediately of what commitments it had undertaken.

"We are now expecting written notification from Iran that it agrees with the relevant provisions incorporated in the declaration," IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said on Monday.

The so-known as Vienna Group manufactured an offer last October to ship most of Iran's LEU out of the nation in return for better grade reactor fuel to be supplied by Russia and France.

Iran stalled on the package insisting it wishes a simultaneous swap on its individual soil, which was rejected by globe powers.

Monday's accord signed in Tehran commits Iran to deposit 1,200 kilograms (2,640 pounds) of decreased enriched uranium (LEU) in Turkey in return for energy for a Tehran investigation reactor.

Mehmanparast explained if the Islamic republic reaches agreement with the countries engaged in the first IAEA-backed option, it "will pave the way for additional nuclear cooperation."