Securing 450 kg of Iranian uranium, enriched to 60 percent, is one of the main goals of the US and Israel's war against Iran, Axios emphasized.
The website noted that in theory, Putin's offer could help get rid of Iran's nuclear stockpiles without the need to send American and Israeli ground forces to Iran. Russia has nuclear weapons and in the past, as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian low-enriched uranium was stockpiled on its territory.
During Monday's conversation with Trump, Putin was said to have presented several ideas that he believed would help end the war with Iran. Storing Iranian uranium is one of these proposals.
What proposal did Vladimir Putin make to Donald Trump?
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— This isn't the first time this has been proposed. This was not accepted. The U.S. position is that uranium must be secured, the U.S. official said.
Russia also made a similar proposal during US-Iranian negotiations in May 2025 and a few weeks before the military operation against Iran launched by the US and Israel on February 28.
During the last round of talks before the outbreak of the war, Iran rejected the idea of moving uranium and proposed lowering the level of enrichment at its nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is unknown whether Iran would currently accept this offer.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that about half of Iran's uranium enriched to 60 percent is stored in an underground warehouse in Isfahan in the central part of the country.
According to Grossi, the warehouse, which was probably not affected by the American-Israeli bombings, contains just over 200 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent, which is slightly below the level required for the production of nuclear weapons.
