An Iranian student holds a placard as she attends a gathering to show her protest against the U.N. Security Council vote on Iran's nuclear programme, in front of the United Nations representative office in Tehran.
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Iran Doesn't Need to Enrich Uranium
Russia sees no economic need for Iran to proceed with its uranium enrichment program, on which termination the international community insists, said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“We think Iran has no economic need whatsoever to proceed with uranium enrichment program. We are trying to convince the Iranians that freezing this program will be of benefit to Iran itself, as it will immediately lead to negotiations with all six [states], including the United States,” Lavrov said in an interview with Vremya Novostei.
Russia that helps Iran construct its first Bushehr nuclear plant, has supplied to it the first consignment of nuclear fuel this month.
“These negotiations [with Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany] will be aimed at eliminating once and forever all suspicions that there are any other components in Iran’s nuclear program in addition to the purely peaceful ones. Iran’s agreement to this proposal will serve the interest of all,” Lavrov emphasized.
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