FUEL DEAL BETWEEN TURKEY, BRAZIL, IRAN

FUEL DEAL BETWEEN TURKEY, BRAZIL, IRAN

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August 12, 2022

Turkey said that Iran had agreed on a nuclear fuel swap deal which could help end Tehran’s stand-off with the West over its atomic programme. Full details of the agreement were not immediately released by Turkish and Brazilian officials mediating in Iran’s dispute with leading world powers, who suspect Tehran of covertly developing a nuclear bomb. Turkey’s foreign ministry said a formal announcement might be made later after any final revisions by the Brazilian and Iranian presidents and the Turkish prime minister.  “Yes, it has been reached after almost 18 hours of negotiations,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Tehran when asked if there would be an agreement. Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew to Tehran to join Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who has been negotiating with Iranian officials in what Western and Russian authorities have said is probably the last chance to avoid new UN sanctions against Iran. Lula also told reporters after holding talks with Iranians that “the level of hope (to reach an agreement) has increased.” Lula has met President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran’s Supreme Spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.