Iran agreed in principle to send "most" of its known stockpile of enriched uranium for processing abroad to make fuel rods for a medical research reactor, in what U.S. and European officials said Thursday after day long talks in Geneva would be a significant move that would delay Iran's potential to build a nuclear weapon. While diplomats were cautious about the outcome of the talks, held in an 18th century villa on Lake Geneva, they said that if carried through the deal to transfer enriched uranium could go a long way to establishing confidence in Iran's intentions and reassuring concerns in the region.
While diplomats were cautious about the outcome of the talks, held in an 18th century villa on Lake Geneva, they said that if carried through the deal to transfer enriched uranium could go a long way to establishing confidence in Iran's intentions and reassuring concerns in the region.
U.S. and European officials also said Iran had agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the newly revealed uranium enrichment facility that Iran's has been building in secret at Qom, in north central Iran. The officials said they expected Iran to comply fully with the IAEA within two weeks. The two sides agreed to meet for further talks by the end of the month.
