WRAP Iran agrees to export most of its enriched uranium

(21 Oct 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei walking towards media, zoom in to him as he starts speaking:
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"We just concluded our meeting of two and a half days on how to... modalities, and how to ensure that Iran will have the fuel required for its research reactor. As you know that research reactor is used for producing medical isotopes for diagnosis and treatment of cancer so it's a purely humanitarian... humanitarian mission, objective. However, everybody is aware that that transaction using Iran low enriched uranium to be manufactured into fuel is a very important confidence building measure that can defuse a crisis that has been going on for a number of years, and open space for negotiation."
3. Wide of ElBaradei talking to media
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"I very much hope that people see the big picture, see that this agreement could open the way for a complete normalisation of relation between Iran and the international community. It's a very unique technical meeting because it's a technical meeting, although has been followed by heads of states, and in fact the actual engagement in the process, so I would cross my fingers that by Friday we should have an OK, an approval by all the parties concerned. Thank you very much."
5. Cutaway of officials
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"I must say that everybody who participated at the meeting was trying to help, trying to look to the future, and not to the past, trying to heal the wounds that existed for many, many years. And we are now having, I have circulated a draft agreement that reflects, in my judgement, a balanced approach to how to move forward."
7. Wide of media walking away
8. Close-up of officials
9. Wide of Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh walking towards media
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"Of course you are well aware that we are master of enrichment technology, we can produce the fuel for ourselves for this reactor for 20 percent enrichment, but we have decided that we will receive the fuel from the potential suppliers which are willing to do so instead of that, under the auspices of the IAEA." ++ends with pull out to wide++
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"In this meeting of course, also France had announced their readiness, well of course, as you've noticed the Russians have been responsible for the whole contract."
12. Wide of Soltanieh talking to media
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"And of course one of the aspects in addition to the fuel is the control instrumentation and safety equipments of the reactor, and we have been informed about the readiness of the United States in a technical project with the IAEA to cooperate in this respect and this will be also further elaborated at a later stage."
14. Wide pan from media to Soltanieh
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
16. US delegation coming down escalator
17. US delegation leaving
18. Russian delegation coming down escalator
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