Iran refuses unlimited suspension of uranium enrichment

TEHRAN: Iran refuses to accept an unlimited suspension of uranium enrichment and will not stop the manufacture of centrifuges, one of the Islamic republic’s top nuclear officials was quoted as saying on Tuesday. “We will not accept any bargaining for an unlimited suspension,” said Hossein Mousavian, a top member of the Iranian delegation to a key meeting in Vienna of the UN nuclear watchdog. Limiting Iran’s mastery of the nuclear fuel cycle is at the heart of the debate at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over US-led calls for the Tehran regime to be referred to the UN Security Council for enforcement action. “Iran will not accept committing itself to a new suspension of the manufacture of parts” for centrifuges used for enrichment, Mousavian was quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency ISNA. “Iran will not accept having to make new commitments that extend the scope of the suspension of uranium enrichment,” he told ISNA from Vienna. afp

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