Iranian leaders failed to accept a proposal to ship most of their uranium abroad for enrichment. Iranian state TV said Tehran was waiting for a response to its own proposal to buy nuclear fuel instead. According to Jim Walsh [2], a proliferation specialist at MIT, the plan would have allowed Western powers time to negotiate a halt to the program, while allowing the Iranian government to say it had achieved an important concession from the United States by improving the safety and functionality of the Tehran reactor. David Albright [3], president of the Institute for Science and International Security [4], explains the ramifications of the deal in an interview with Council of Foreign Relations [5].
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[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/1213
[2] https://ploughshares.org/../../../../../../../expert/135
[3] https://ploughshares.org/../../../../../../../expert/102
[4] http://www.isis-online.org/
[5] http://www.cfr.org/publication/20495/nuclear_enrichment_deal_with_iran_buys_time.html
[6] https://ploughshares.org/../../../../../../../expert/220
[7] http://www.niacouncil.org/
[8] http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20091022_1433.php
[9] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i52UDHqLL3ljh41jdBtObiWfV9wQD9BGTAMG0