Iran reveals what it told Russia about enriched uranium, while demanding that Trump obtain it

- The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said on Wednesday that his country “will not allow even a single atom of enriched uranium to leave its territory.” This statement comes in defiance of a long-held demand by Washington, which is the necessity of shipping these nuclear materials abroad as part of any possible agreement.

In an interview with the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen channel, which is close to Iran, Rezaei added: “We informed our Russian friends that the enriched materials will remain inside Iran, and we will use them ourselves.” Rezaei met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week - on a rare visit outside the country - where he conveyed to him a message from the Iranian leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iran keeps hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium - the fissile material needed to make a nuclear bomb if its enrichment is increased to the military level - in secret locations inside the country. US President Donald Trump, who describes these materials as "nuclear fallout," demanded that Tehran hand them over as part of a peace agreement.

Tehran used this stock as a pressure card in its talks with the United States. Reports indicate that Washington may also accept Iran diluting the concentration of highly enriched uranium, instead of shipping it abroad.

Iran insists that its nuclear program is intended for power generation and not for military purposes.