TEHRAN, Jan 21 (NNN-MNA) — Iran is still waiting for the West?s response to Tehran?s nuclear fuel swap proposal, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said here.

He made the remarks Wednesday in response to some reports issued by certain Western media organisations claiming that Iran has put forward a new proposal to receive 20 per cent enriched nuclear fuel from the West.

Iran has not made any new proposal with regard to receiving nuclear fuel for its Tehran research reactor, Mehmanparast told MNA.

?Iran is ready to swap fuel in stages, and if the two sides agree on the principles of the proposal, the mechanism can be discussed,? he noted.

Iran has offered to swap its low enriched nuclear fuel for 20 per cent enriched nuclear fuel for its Tehran research reactor in stages on the southern Iranian island of Kish.

Mehmanparast also dismissed certain US officials? claims that they have received intelligence that shows Iran is involved in activities related to the production of nuclear weapons.

Iran?s peaceful nuclear activities are under International Atomic Energy Agency supervision, he told ISNA on Wednesday.

Such issues are brought up to pressure Iran, and certain countries that have failed to impose their will on the country are now trying to pressure Iran through political and media manoeuvres, he said.

?We believe they have been on the wrong path, and they have tried to attain their goals through threats, pressure and sanctions, but they have not been successful. Yet, they are following this wrong path with a series of allegations,? Mehmanparast added.

– NNN-MNA

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