An Iranian diplomat said Wednesday that Iran has accepted a draft agreement that calls for some uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment.

Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said, “In principle we have in fact accepted this offer for this Tehran…reactor in spite of the fact that we are capable of producing the fuel.”

He added, “But we decided to welcome this offer in order not only to show our transparency and cooperation but prove that all activities are for exclusively peaceful purposes.”

Soltanieh is Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. He spoke shortly after concluding three days of discussions at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna with representatives from the UN, France, Russia, and the United States.

Soltanieh said that the draft agreement is “the summary of the discussions that we have had” since Monday, which he described as “elaborating on all aspects of this project for fuel for Tehran’s reactor.”

(article source: CNN, photo source: WorldPress.org)