Russia offers to take enriched uranium from Iranian nuclear facilities

Published June 16, 2025 12:56pm ET



Russia is pushing itself as a candidate to hold Iran’s enriched uranium in hypothetical peace arrangements with Israel.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov offered last week to provide “services” for the “export of excess nuclear material produced by Iran” to aid a larger “negotiation process” to de-escalate the region.

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