Washington: The United States and its international partners have made it clear to Iran that there are more practical and sensible alternatives to its further enrichment activities, the Obama Administration said.
"As to any further enrichment activity, as we have made clear, Iran has more practical and sensible alternatives.
"We have the Tehran research reactor proposal still on the table," said the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley yesterday.
The State Department spokesman said in a correspondence through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United States, France, and Russia have made clear that there are other ways in which Iran could purchase isotopes on the open international market to meet the humanitarian needs of its people.
"So it is unfortunate that this is further evidence that Iran refuses to engage cooperatively and constructively with the IAEA.
"So in essence, adding more potential enrichment sites adds to the questions rather than resolves the questions that the international community has," Crowley said.
"We continue to work closely with our partners in the P-5+1 process to identify potential targets for sanctions.
"We will, I think, be advancing specific proposals to the UN in the coming weeks," he said.
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