TEHRAN -- Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, announced here on Wednesday that Iran will respond to the uranium draft deal presented by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today (October 29).

The Iranian chief nuclear negotiator left Tehran for Vienna yesterday in order to meet IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
An informed source announced that Iran in its response has accepted the general framework of the proposal drafted by Elbradei in Vienna, but some modifications have been made.
Under the draft deal, a large consignment of Iran’s enriched uranium would be shipped out of the country for processing into fuel rods with a purity of 20 percent, which would be used by a research reactor in Tehran that manufactures medical radioisotopes.
The details of the modifications have not been revealed yet.
Iran insists its nuclear program is completely peaceful and that it has the right to enrich uranium.
Western states believe it is attempting to develop a nuclear weapons program, although the IAEA has never found evidence that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to weapons production.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S.) and Germany -- which are collectively known as the 5+1 group -- plan to hold a new round of wider-ranging nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva next week