Iran Parliament Says It Won’t Transfer Highly Enriched Uranium Abroad

Iran’s parliament said it has no plan to transfer the country’s highly enriched uranium outside its borders.

Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti on May 29 that Iran has no intention of moving its highly enriched uranium “to a third country, a mediator or any other place,” according to BlockBeats and other outlets.

Axios earlier reported that US and Iranian negotiators had agreed to a memorandum of understanding for a 60-day ceasefire. The memorandum is expected to specify that the two sides will discuss how to handle Iran’s highly enriched uranium during that period.

President Donald Trump has not yet given final approval to the memorandum, the report said. He has made the abandonment of Iran’s nuclear weapons program and the disposal of highly enriched uranium the top conditions for any agreement.