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Iran Sees 'Positive' Reaction to Nuclear Fuel Plan

   VOA News 28 May 2010
   Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, center, and his Brazilian
   counterpart  Celso  Amorim,  left,  and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
   Davutoglu, right, exchange documents after signing the agreeme

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   Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, center, and his Brazilian
   counterpart  Celso  Amorim,  left,  and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
   Davutoglu,  right,  exchange  documents after signing the agreement to
   ship  most of Iran's enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap
   deal, in Tehran, 17 May 2010

   Iranian  Foreign  Minister  Manouchehr  Mottaki says he believes major
   powers   are   "positively"  considering  Iran's  nuclear  fuel  plan,
   negotiated with help from Turkey and Brazil.
   The  foreign minister spoke Friday at an economic forum in Bulgaria, a
   day  after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Brazil's
   efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with Tehran.
   Mottaki  said  it  is his understanding that the United States, France
   and  Russia  are favorably reviewing the deal, which calls for Iran to
   send 1,200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for
   higher-grade fuel.
   Earlier this week, Iran submitted a letter to the International Atomic
   Energy Agency outlining the plan.
   Clinton  said  Brazil's  efforts to resolve the dispute could make the