{"id":27084,"date":"2026-04-16T03:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/us-turned-down-russian-offer-to-take-irans-enriched-uranium-kremlin\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:05:01","slug":"us-turned-down-russian-offer-to-take-irans-enriched-uranium-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/us-turned-down-russian-offer-to-take-irans-enriched-uranium-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"US turned down Russian offer to take Iran\u2019s enriched uranium \u2013 Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moscow remains open to reviving the proposal if it helps ease Middle East tensions, Dmitry Peskov says<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s proposal to host Iran\u2019s enriched uranium remains on the table despite having been previously rejected by the US, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.<\/p>\n

The issue of Tehran\u2019s nuclear program has long been a sticking point in talks with Washington. US President Donald Trump has demanded that Iran completely dismantle its nuclear infrastructure and hand over its enriched uranium stockpile, a proposal Tehran has rejected.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials say they are not seeking a nuclear bomb but insist that uranium enrichment is their sovereign right and intended for civilian use. Tehran has previously indicated it could send some of its enriched uranium to a third country such as Russia and reportedly floated that idea in negotiations before the US and Israel launched their military campaign on February 28.<\/p>\n

Speaking to India Today on Wednesday, Peskov said Russia\u2019s offer had been made \u201cquite a time ago\u201d<\/em> and that Tehran had been \u201cokay with it\u201d<\/em> at the time. He called the plan \u201ca very good solution,\u201d<\/em> but said \u201cunfortunately, the American side rejected this proposal,\u201d<\/em> adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201cis ready to return to this initiative.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Asked whether Russia would allow full oversight by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Peskov replied: \u201cWe are in full cooperation.\u201d<\/em> He said Iran was \u201cone of the most heavily inspected\u201d<\/em> countries by the UN watchdog, which \u201chas never acknowledged any attempt by Iran to make nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Peskov\u2019s remarks come amid reports of ongoing indirect contacts over a possible second round of US-Iran negotiations after last week\u2019s talks in Islamabad ended without a breakthrough. Tehran has accused Washington of a \u201cbreach of trust\u201d<\/em> and of trying to dictate terms.<\/p>\n

The US reportedly proposed a 20-year moratorium on Iranian enrichment and the removal of Tehran\u2019s existing stockpile. Trump has since said a 20-year ban would still not be long enough, while Iranian negotiators reportedly countered with a five-year moratorium and rejected US calls to confiscate Iran\u2019s roughly 440 kg stockpile of enriched uranium.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Tehran has \u201can inalienable right\u201d<\/em> to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.<\/p>\n