Iran dismissed US Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry's proposal to supply fuel for
Iranian nuclear power plants if Tehran chose to shelve its own program
for nuclear fuel cycle, IRNA reported from Tehran on Sunday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the proposal,
made at the first face-to-face debate between Kerry and President
George W. Bush Friday night, was a 'propaganda' overture.
"What guarantees are there if they say one day 'we do not want to
give fuel anymore'?" he said.
"I think this issue is basically irrational since we have the
necessary technology and there is no need to import nuclear fuel,"
Asefi said during a weekly news briefing.
Kerry, criticizing Bush's policies in the debate, saying the
United States should have worked very closely with Britain, France and
Germany on a deal with Tehran if Iran had accepted to abandon its
program for complete fuel cycle.
Iran says its nuclear program is aimed at power generation,
rejecting US accusations that the program is a cover to build an
atomic bomb.
