Tehran is still open to discussion on a...

According to Fars news agency, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the country"s "priority is to obtain fuel" for a Tehran medical research reactor.

Under a UN-backed proposal, the fuel for the research reactor was to be provided by an international consortium in exchange for Iran"s low-enriched uranium.

However, Tehran says the West has failed to provide guarantees that the fuel will actually be delivered.

Mehmanparast indicated that Iran was still open to a swap.

"If the [International Atomic Energy] Agency suggests a country in possession of the 20-percent enriched fuel, we are ready to buy [the fuel]. Besides, if there are countries ready for a swap which will fulfill our conditions, we are ready; otherwise, we will produce the fuel [ourselves]," he was quoted by Press TV as saying.

Iran began production of 20% enriched uranium in mid-February in the presence of the head of Iran"s nuclear agency and International Atomic

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