Clinton Rejects Iranian Nuclear Fuel Swap Plan

(AP) Matthew Lee - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday rejected as inadequate an Iranian plan to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel. "There is a recognition on the part of the international community that the agreement that was reached in Tehran a week ago between Iran and Brazil and Turkey only occurred because the Security Council was on the brink of publicly releasing the text of the resolution that we have been negotiating for many weeks," Clinton said. "It was a transparent ploy to avoid Security Council action."


2010-05-26 08:24:04

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