Nuclear fuel swap talk an 'independent issue': Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference in Tehran yesterday. Picture: AFP
IRAN reiterated yesterday that the nuclear fuel swap issue was separate from its overall atomic programme for which the six world powers and Tehran are expected to hold talks later this month.
"We have said from the beginning that these two issues are independent from one another," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told AFP.