According to them, the head of the Kremlin proposed several ideas to end the war between the United States and Iran. The uranium proposal was one of them. The United States abandoned it, the article says.
The American official noted that this is not the first such proposal from the Russian Federation, but the United States wants to be convinced that “uranium is protected.” The media recalled that Moscow offered to take enriched uranium from Iran during US-Iranian negotiations in May last year, before the US launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Before the escalation in the Middle East, Iran also rejected the idea of transferring uranium and proposed diluting it at its own facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is now unknown whether the country accepted such an offer, writes Axios.
On February 2, The New York Times, citing sources, reported that Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani recently conveyed to Putin a message from then-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran might agree to send its enriched uranium to Russia, as provided for in the 2015 agreement.
Axios wrote on March 7 that the United States and Israel discussed the possibility of sending special forces to Iran to take control of its reserves of highly enriched uranium.
Context
On the morning of February 28 Israel announces Operation Lion's Roar in Iran. The US called its actions against Iran “Epic Fury”. Trump announced his intention protect the American peopleeliminating immediate threats from the Iranian regime. Same day liquidated Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and more than 40 other country officials.
Trump said that the new leadership of Iran allegedly invited the United States to resume negotiations, to which he agreed, but later the head of the White House said that it was “too late” to communicate with the Iranians. Iran denied this and said Tehran had not asked for any ceasefire and had rejected any negotiations.
The head of the White House also said that he wants to personally take part in choosing the next leader of Iran. According to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, this is “the exclusive matter of the Iranian people, and no one can interfere.”
On March 6, Trump announced that will not support any agreement other than “unconditional surrender” Tehran, and called for “Make Iran great again.”
On March 7, NBC News wrote that Trump, in private conversations, showed serious interest in the possibility of stationing American ground troops in Iran.
