Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behruz Kamalvandi said Iran is capable of meeting its own needs for heavy water productions and even exports it to about eight world states.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Monday that Iran has surpassed 130 tons of heavy water stockpile.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said the government has managed to sell a relatively substantial amount of its surplus heavy water to a number of countries despite pressures exerted by Washington.
Iranian official said on Saturday that Iran is continuing heavy water production in Arak facility and the process has not stopped.
Iran is reviewing offers by some European countries to buy its heavy water supplies, a nuclear official announced.
The House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to block the purchase of "heavy water" from Iran, defying President Barack Obama's veto threat a year after the announcement of the landmark Iran nuclear agreement.
U.S. and Iranian officials confirmed on Monday that the United States had completed a $8.6 million taxpayer-funded purchase of Iranian nuclear materials, a deal undertaken by the Obama administration to keep Iran in compliance with last summer’s nuclear agreement.
Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi commented on Friday on purchasing surplus of Iran's heavy water by the US and said negotiations are underway with other countries to this end.
Russian nuclear agency Rosatom is considering the possibility of buying Iranian heavy water, Russian Envoy to International Organizations Vladimir Voronkov said.
Iran is holding talks with Russia to sell it about 40 tones of heavy water from its nuclear program, Iran's deputy foreign minister has said, Reuters reported.
