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QUESTION: On another topic? Iran has accused the U.S. of involvement in the disappearance of a university researcher, a guy named Shahram Amiri, who is rumored to be involved in their nuclear program. Wondering - this was an accusation made by their foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki.

MR. KELLY: Yeah.

QUESTION: I'm wondering what the response is.

MR. KELLY: Yeah. We saw that wire story, and we looked into it - I mean, here in the State Department - and we just basically don't have any information on this individual. And that's - I don't really have more to say besides that, really.

QUESTION: You here in the State Department (inaudible)?

MR. KELLY: Well, I mean, this story has only just come across the wires and we've only sort of talked in-house here. But I really don't have any information about it.

QUESTION: So has anybody in the U.S. Government been involved in --

MR. KELLY: Not that I'm aware of.

QUESTION: - you know, either --

QUESTION: Are you leaving open the possibility that another government agency might be - have more information?

MR. KELLY: I can only speak for the State Department at this point.

QUESTION: Then - but you can't categorically rule out that you had no involvement in this, can you?

MR. KELLY: Well, we just - we - the case is not familiar to us. The name is not familiar to us.

QUESTION: Really? Because I - it's my understanding that the Iranians actually raised this among - this case among cases of at least one other in Geneva --

MR. KELLY: Well, maybe I misspoke. I'm not aware of that, I must say.

QUESTION: - and that they also complained to the UN about it - complained during the UN - during the UNGA.

MR. KELLY: Mm-hmm. Well, I know that I have no information about this. I don't want to misspeak.

QUESTION: Okay.

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QUESTION: In light of the talks the U.S., Russia, France are going to have with Iran on October 19th about uranium reprocessing, Iran - Ahmadinejad is offering to buy uranium from the United States. Would the U.S. ever think of buying uranium?

MR. KELLY: Well -

QUESTION: Selling uranium?

MR. KELLY: Selling uranium. Yeah, I think this is all done under the auspices of the IAEA, and so we would do this within that context. I mean, whatever we would do would be in consultation with them. Whether or not we would sell Iran enriched uranium, that I can't say. You're asking me to discuss the decision we may or may not make in the future. But I know this is all done through the IAEA.

QUESTION: Yeah. And el-Baradei's visit at the weekend, I mean, have you heard back about the process for inspecting the new plant at Qom, the new uranium enrichment plant at Qom?

MR. KELLY: I don't have any particular details about it. I know that it's - the inspection will take place on October 25th. In the lead-up to that, there will preparatory work, interviews, and various ways to prepare for the inspection itself. But I don't have any details about the inspection.

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