Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that the United States, as part of an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, export enriched uranium reserves from Iran to Russia, Axios reported.
According to the publication, Putin put forward such a proposal to Donald Trump during a phone conversation on March 9, but the US President rejected it, Axios sources say.
The United States and Israel went to war against Iran, demanding that the Islamic regime abandon the development of nuclear weapons. According to Axios, Tehran possesses about 450 kilograms of uranium enriched by 60%. These reserves could be increased to 90% of weapons-grade levels within a few weeks and ten nuclear bombs created.
This is not the first time Russia has proposed removing enriched uranium from Iran and previously stored it as part of the 2015 nuclear deal.
A Donald Trump administration official told Axios: “This is not the first time this proposal has been made. It has not been accepted. The position of the United States is that we must have confidence in the safe storage of uranium.”