Iran yet to respond to IAEA's enrichment deal

"We are waiting for official confirmation by the Iranians of the scheme that was approved with their participation," Sergei Lavrov said.

Talks in Vienna between Iran, the UN and three world powers on its nuclear program ended on Wednesday with a deal involving Iran shipping out its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France. The uranium would be enriched in Russia and then sent to France to prepare it for use in an Iranian reactor.

The Vienna talks, aimed at easing international suspicions of a covert Iranian atomic weapons program, involved Iran, the UN, the U.S., Russia and France.

Iran announced in September that it was building a new nuclear fuel enrichment plant near the city of Qom, some 100 kilometers south of Tehran, which sparked international calls for harsher sanctions against the country; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.