Pressure builds on Iran to accept nuclear deal

World powers turned up the heat on Iran to accept a UN-brokered nuclear deal, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying Tehran was at a "pivotal moment" to show it did not want to be isolated.
As Iran said it wanted a review of the proposed deal, Britain and Russia urged it to accept the offer and France warned against "delaying tactics."
Pressure on the Islamic republic increased as Iran also indicated it prefers to buy nuclear fuel supplies directly rather than send its own uranium abroad for further enrichment.
Tehran's close ally Moscow urged acceptance of the high-profile proposal, which aims to apply the brakes to Iran's galloping nuclear programme.
"This is a pivotal moment for Iran," Hillary said. "Acceptance fully of this proposal would be a good indication that Iran does not wish to be isolated and does wish to cooperate.
"We urge Iran to accept the proposal... (that) they agreed to in principle," she said, adding that Gulf states were closely monitoring "the developments in Iran because they will be the ones to feel the first effects of what Iran does or does not do."
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to "to be as forthcoming as possible in responding soon to my recent proposal," and also appealed for all sides to make compromises.
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, visiting Malaysia, called for a review of the proposed deal.
"We have considered this proposal, we have some technical and economic considerations on that," he told reporters.
"Two days ago we passed our views and observations to the IAEA, so it is very much possible to establish a technical commission to review and reconsider all these issues."
Mottaki added that Iran will "continue enrichment" of uranium for nuclear power stations requiring fuel.
Earlier Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the IAEA, told AFP in Vienna: "We are ready to buy the fuel from any supplier under the full surveillance of the IAEA, as we bought from Argentina about 20 years ago with the cooperation of the IAEA."
He did not clarify whether Iran was rejecting the UN draft plan, which proposes shipping Tehran's low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad for further processing and conversion into fuel.
On the other hand supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Iran will reject any dialogue if its outcome is pre-determined by Washington, raising the possibility a mooted nuclear fuel deal may be derailed.