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Iran OKs Nuke Deal, Will Give Up Uranium

Tehran said to be giving nuclear material to Russia

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 21, 2009 7:43 AM CDT

(AP) – Iran has agreed to a draft deal on its nuclear program, the UN's nuclear watchdog announced today. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran, the US, Russia, and France had agreed to the deal but gave no details. According to diplomats, however, the agreement would see the country ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia, stripping Tehran of most of the material it would need to make a nuclear weapon.

Delegates from Iran, the US, Russia and France met on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at Vienna's International Center.
Delegates from Iran, the US, Russia and France met on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at Vienna's International Center.   (Hans Punz)
Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the IAEA. Iran has agreed to a draft deal that would see it ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia.
Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the IAEA. Iran has agreed to a draft deal that would see it ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Zelzal missile is launched in a drill, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, near the city of Qom.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Zelzal missile is launched in a drill, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, near the city of Qom.   (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Raouf Mohseni)
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, arrives for a meeting of delegates from Iran, the US, Russia and France, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, arrives for a meeting of delegates from Iran, the US, Russia and France, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.   (Hans Punz)
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COMMENTS
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Spudsy
Oct 22, 2009 5:07 AM CDT
WHAT? You can do something without invading and letting 4000 soldiers die? Coffin manufacturers will be laying off employees tomorrow.
Unaffiliated
Oct 21, 2009 12:01 PM CDT
I'll believe it when they don't back out of the deal 6 months from now...
Mia
Oct 21, 2009 11:52 AM CDT
Like russia won't do it for them....

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