Khamenei orders not to export uranium abroad - report

Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's uranium should not be sent abroad, Reuters reported, citing two senior Iranian sources.

"The Supreme ​Leader’s directive, and the consensus within the establishment, is that the stockpile of enriched uranium should not leave the country,” a source said.

Iran's top officials, the sources said, believe that sending the material abroad would leave the country more vulnerable to future attacks ​by the U.S. and Israel.

The two senior Iranian sources said there ​was deep suspicion in Iran that the pause in hostilities was a tactical deception by Washington to create a sense of security before it renews airstrikes.