Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Wednesday no decision has been made yet on the process or parties that would be invited to form an international consortium to monitor uranium enrichment in Iran.
The spokesman was commenting on reports saying Iran has proposed creation of a consortium with France to enrich uranium in Iran.
Latest reports said that the deputy chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (IAEO), Mohammad Saeedi, had recently told France Info radio that a solution to the nuclear issue could be the creation of a consortium with France to enrich uranium in Iran.
"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in his address to the United Nations General Assembly last year that public and private sectors of other countries could participate in Iran's nuclear program," the spokesman recalled, saying this was not the first time the offer was made.
Morevover, according to a statement released by the president's office, the issue was also discussed in the latest talks held between Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) ALi Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Saeedi said.
Hosseini, quoting President Ahmadinejad, said the new Iranian proposal proves the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, IRNA reported.
