Iran says its enriched uranium ‘not going to be transferred’
“Iran’s enriched uranium will not be transferred anywhere,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state television. he said.
“The transfer of Iran’s enriched uranium to the United States was never brought up in the negotiations.”
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Trump posted on his Truth Social platform earlier Friday: “The US will receive all the Nuclear ‘Dust’ created by our massive B2 Bombers,” referring to the enriched uranium buried during US strikes last year.
But Baqaei said the latest talks were focused on resolving the dispute, not on recovering Iran’s uranium.
“Previous negotiations focused on the nuclear issue, but now the negotiations focused on ending the war, and naturally the range of issues discussed has become even wider and more diverse.”
He also targeted the Truth Social platform on Friday, where he shared that although Tehran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue until a peace agreement is reached with Tehran.
“The opening and closing of the Strait of Hormuz does not happen on the internet, it is determined on the ground, and our armed forces definitely know how to react to any action of the other side,” Baqaei said.
“What they call a naval blockade will definitely receive an appropriate response from Iran. The naval blockade is a violation of the ceasefire and Iran will definitely take the necessary measures.”
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His comments came after US news outlet Axios reported that Washington and Tehran were negotiating a plan that would include Washington releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium.
Tehran still has a significant stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent, close to the 90 percent level needed to make an atomic bomb, as well as uranium enriched to 20 percent, another critical threshold.
Before the US strikes in June 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calculated that Iran had approximately 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent, well above the 3.67 percent limit set by the 2015 agreement from which the United States later withdrew.
Since June 2025, the fate of this stockpile has remained unclear, with Tehran denying access to IAEA inspectors at sites devastated by US and Israeli attacks.
