Iran denies agreement to halt uranium enrichment - Media
An Iranian official told Press TV that Tehran's stance on the nuclear issue remains unchanged and uranium enrichment will continue.
An Iranian official told Press TV that Tehran's stance on the nuclear issue remains unchanged and uranium enrichment will continue.
Saudi Arabia has no plans to enrich uranium, the US energy secretary said, refuting earlier media claims.
The U.S.-Iran deal provides for the return of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts to Iran to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said.
In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with U.S. intelligence.
Iran insists that the only acceptable way of dealing with its highly enriched uranium will be diluting it within Iranian territory, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors passed a U.S.-backed resolution, telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them, which could complicate Washington's talks with Tehran.
The United States and Iran are discussing a long-term ban on uranium enrichment by the Islamic Republic as part of negotiations on a nuclear deal, with the restriction potentially lasting around 15 years, The New York Times reported, citing U.S. officials and diplomats familiar with the closed-door talks.
The United States will remove Iran’s stocks of highly enriched uranium, regardless of the outcome of its talks with Tehran, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Kazakhstan has signaled it is willing to take Tehran’s stockpile of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels if the US reaches a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi said.
Iran has no plans to take highly enriched uranium outside the country, head of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee Ebrahim Azizi said.
Representatives from the US and Iran have reached a compromise on the text of a memorandum of understanding, according to media reports. However, it still needs to be approved by the leadership of both countries.
The Iranian parliament has declared that the nation's officials are in discussions to establish a limit on uranium enrichment. However, Iran is not considering the cessation of the enrichment process altogether.
Russia’s proposal to remove Iran’s highly enriched uranium remains "on the table," but Moscow is not imposing anything on anyone, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Iran’s stocks of enriched uranium will be either brought to the United States or destroyed in the Islamic Republic or at another acceptable location.
Iran is prepared to transfer its highly enriched uranium out of the country, provided that it is sent to China.
Delegates from the USA and Iran are prepared to sign a memorandum of understanding for a duration of 60 days. This agreement includes the Islamic Republic's commitment to refrain from developing nuclear weapons.
The country also proposes reducing the level of its highly enriched uranium stockpiles
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.
Iran is prepared for the export of enriched uranium to Russia, but the discussion will take place later, the Iranian Foreign Ministry noted.
Israel is concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump may strike an agreement with Iran before addressing some of the key issues that drove the two countries to launch the war in the first place, multiple Israeli sources told CNN.