TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Iran is ready to buy 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel from the U.S. if Washington is willing to do so.

??They (the Western countries) say that the U.S. is ready to help Iran to produce 20 percent fuel, we also agree and even if the U.S. wants to sell us the fuel we will buy it,? Ahmadinejad said in his address to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Azadi square to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

The president added there is no problem that Iran sends its 3.5 percent enriched uranium abroad but the West must provide 20 percent enriched uranium fuel to Tehran??s research reactor that produces medical isotopes.

If the West wants Iran to send abroad its 3.5 percent enriched uranium, there will not be any problem, he said, but added that they must provide Tehran with 20 percent enriched uranium fuel.

??If we were the West, we would put our words into practice sincerely and would provide 20 percent fuel to Iran, but they (the West) do not obey the rule they themselves set,? he stated.

The president also said that all Iran??s nuclear activities are under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and no country can make nuclear bombs under the supervision of the IAEA.

Iran ready to buy nuclear fuel from U.S.: president