TEHRAN — Iran expects a quick response from world powers on an accord to ship much of its low enriched uranium to Turkey as part of a nuclear fuel swap deal, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Iran will notify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the accord signed on Monday with Turkey and Brazil "in writing, through the usual channels, within a week," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.

"We expect members of the Vienna group (the United States, France, Russia and the IAEA) to quickly announce their readiness" to implement the fuel swap, he told reporters.

The IAEA said it has received the text of the joint declaration by Iran, Brazil and Turkey but was now expecting Tehran to notify it directly of what commitments it had undertaken.

"We are now expecting written notification from Iran that it agrees with the relevant provisions included in the declaration," IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said on Monday.

The so-called Vienna Group made an offer last October to ship most of Iran's LEU out of the country in return for higher grade reactor fuel to be supplied by Russia and France.
Iran stalled on the deal insisting it wants a simultaneous swap on its own soil, which was rejected by world powers.

Monday's accord signed in Tehran commits Iran to deposit 1,200 kilograms (2,640 pounds) of low enriched uranium (LEU) in Turkey in return for fuel for a Tehran research reactor.

Mehmanparast said if the Islamic republic reaches agreement with the countries involved in the initial IAEA-backed deal, it "will pave the way for more nuclear cooperation."