Iran has sent some ‘surplus’ heavy water to Oman, an Iranian nuclear spokesman was quoted as saying on Sunday, after a UN atomic watchdog said Tehran was over a soft limit set under its nuclear deal with major powers. “In view of the progress of talks with several foreign firms and countries to purchase heavy water, some quantities of Iran’s surplus production has been transferred to Oman,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA). ISNA said Kamalvandi told the agency that more heavy water would be sent to Oman as talks with overseas buyers made progress. He did not give details. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran was preparing to ship some heavy water out of the country to get back under the 130-tonne limit, but the US ambassador to the agency said Tehran would not be in compliance until that heavy water had been delivered to a foreign buyer as the deal requires. (AME info)