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Türkiye has allegedly offered to take custody of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium as part of diplomatic efforts to prevent a potential U.S. military attack on Iran, according to Israeli media reports.
A senior Turkish official told Haaretz that Ankara may propose transferring around 440 kilograms (970.3 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60% purity, along with other stockpiles, to Türkiye under a pledge that the material would not be returned to Iran.
The report said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran, as U.S. military forces build up in the region and pressure mounts over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran, however, said it has no plan to transfer enriched uranium to any other country and that such an issue is not part of negotiations.
Ali Bagheri, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said there was no plan to send enriched nuclear materials abroad.
“There is no plan to transfer enriched nuclear materials to any country,” Bagheri said, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.
Bagheri added that negotiations were not being conducted around the issue of transferring enriched uranium, stressing that the matter was not on the agenda of talks.
No further details regarding the negotiations were provided in the report.
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