Current Iran Events: Have other countries offered Iran Nuclear Fuel?

Irans President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that some other countries have offered to provide Iran with uranium enriched to 20% to use as nuclear reactor fuel. Iran has always insisted on its right to carry out its own enrichment of uranium for a nuclear programme which it says is for purely peaceful purposes, mainly to generate electricity to power its towns and cities. It denies Western suspicions its real aim is to build an atomic/ nuclear bomb, which would require uranium enriched to around 90 percent."There have been some proposals by individual countries and groups of countries. We are ready to hold talks with anyone interested. Our experts will soon start talks with those sellers," Ahmadinejad said.He said Iran could also buy nuclear fuel from the United States, its old enemy. "We want to buy fuel. We can buy it from anywhere and America can be a seller," ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.Uranium enrichment is at the heart of a long standoff between Iran and the West, which took a new twist last month when Tehran disclosed the existence of a previously secret underground enrichment plant near the holy Shi'ite city of Qom.Diplomats say it did so after learning Western intelligence services had discovered the site.Russia stepped into the debate on Wednesday, urging countries not to jump to hasty conclusions about the newly revealed plant and saying Iran was showing signs of cooperation with inspectors.Russia's Foreign Ministry complained of media speculation surrounding activities at the site. "We are convinced that hasty conclusions on this score will not benefit the objective assessment of the situation," it said in a statement.