Iran Inks 1,200 Kg Nuclear Fuel Swap with Turkey, Brazil

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Iran inked a nuclear fuel swap deal Monday under which 1,200 kilograms of low-enriched Iranian uranium will be shipped to Turkey.

The agreement, under which Iran will receive nuclear fuel for a Tehran reactor, was signed in the Iranian capital between the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Brazil, an AFP correspondent said.

The signing came after three-way talks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters that Iran will officially notify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the agreement