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Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

November 7, 2009 By The Associated Press ALI AKBAR DAREINI (Associated Press Writer)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.

Prominent conservative lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Iran won't ship its low enriched uranium abroad in a single batch or in several shipments, a compromise suggested...

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