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Wednesday 30 Dec 2015 - 00:52 Makkah mean time-19-3-1437
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Vienna (IINA) – A landmark nuclear deal with Tehran moved closer to implementation Monday, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announcing that tons of enriched uranium that could potentially be turned to use in atomic arms were on a ship heading from Iran to Russia.
Kerry hailed the development as "one of the most significant steps Iran has taken toward fulfilling its commitments" under the July 14 nuclear agreement, in comments that The Associated Press (AP) received from a senior Russian diplomat earlier on Monday.
The Russian envoy said Iran had permitted Russia to take possession of and ship out most of its low-enriched uranium, which is suitable primarily to generate nuclear power. Under the deal, Iran committed to shipping out all except 300 kilograms (about 650 pounds) of its low-enriched uranium and to either export the uranium it has that is enriched to near 20 percent, process it into low-enriched uranium or turn it into fuel plates to power a research reactor.
Kerry indicated both steps were completed Monday, announcing that more than 25,000 pounds (12.5 tons) of enriched "uranium materials" were in the hold of a Russian ship steaming toward Russia. He said the shipment included the near-20 percent enriched uranium that had not yet been turned into fuel plates.
The Russia-Iran accord under the July deal foresees that Moscow ship Iran around 140 tons of raw uranium in exchange for Tehran's low-enriched uranium, and Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads Iran's atomic energy organization, recently said that his country already received the uranium ore.
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