Russia ready to take and store Iran's uranium, European Union: Zero trust in Putin

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Russia ready to take and store Iran's uranium, European Union: Zero trust
Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to store uranium from Iran's nuclear program in Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday, adding that he was ready to act as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Moscow said on Monday that its offer to take uranium from its ally was still on the table, having first made the proposal earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Iran warned that it was preparing to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), raising new fears over its nuclear program.

Israel has struck several of Tehran's nuclear sites in recent days in a series of attacks aimed at preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon, which Israel says would be an existential threat to the country.

"This proposal remains on the table, it remains important," Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said of the offer. "But, of course, with the outbreak of hostilities, the situation has become seriously complicated."

The EU said Russia had "zero credibility" as a potential mediator in the conflict after Donald Trump, the US president, also suggested Putin could play a role.

This came as Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday that Tehran was against developing weapons of mass destruction in an effort to allay fears that it was trying to build a nuclear bomb. But, he added, the Iranian parliament was preparing a bill to abandon the disarmament treaty, as fighting with Israel continued for a fourth day.

On Monday, Tehran asked Britain, France and Germany to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to stop attacks on Iran, after Israel claimed it had achieved "air superiority" over Tehran.

"Germany, France and England should have condemned very clearly the crimes of the Zionist regime, especially against the Natanz nuclear facility," Baqaei said.

He added that European powers should focus on "stopping aggression" and holding Israel "accountable" before G7 leaders meet in Canada for a meeting that will be overshadowed by the crisis in the Middle East.


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