A Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday that the United States had rejected Russia's proposal to take all of Iran's enriched uranium and take it out of the country as a way to help resolve the conflict in the Middle East.
Russia first proposed taking control of Iran's uranium stockpile last June, but no concrete steps were taken. According to media reports, Russia made the same proposal again this week, Reuters reports.
"Russia was ready to receive Iranian enriched uranium on its territory," the state news agency RIA reported, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling India Today television.
"That would be a good decision. But unfortunately, the American side rejected this proposal."
American media are citing sources who say that the administration of US President Donald Trump has rejected this idea.
On the other hand, Iran has said that any decision would depend on whether it can reach an agreement with the US, including on issues related to its nuclear program.
The United States has cited Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium — and the possibility that Iran could acquire nuclear weapons — as the reason for its attacks on Iran, according to Reuters.
Russia's deputy foreign minister suggested last year that Russia was ready to remove those stocks from Iran and convert them into fuel for civilian nuclear reactors to help negotiations.
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