strikeMar 14, 2026

Trump Rejects Putin's Proposal To Transfer Iran’s Enriched Uranium To Russia: Report

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ISTANBUL, March 14 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed transferring Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia during a phone call with US President Donald Trump this week as part of a potential deal to end the war, but Trump rejected the proposal, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Axios report on Friday. Putin raised several proposals for ending the war between the US and Iran during a phone call with Trump on Monday, including a plan to transfer Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia. "This is not the first time it was offered. It hasn't been accepted. The US position is we need to see the uranium secured," a US official told Axios. Russia has not commented on the latest conversation between Trump and Putin, but it had put forward similar proposals during the US-Iran nuclear negotiations in May 2025, before the United States and Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, and again in the weeks leading up to the current war that began on Feb. 28. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing early February that the offer remained "on the table." In the final round of talks before the start of the war, Iran rejected the proposal to transfer its enriched uranium abroad and instead suggested diluting the material at its own facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the report said. "The president (Trump) talks to everyone — (Chinese President) Xi, Putin, the Europeans — and he's always willing to make a deal. But it has to be a good deal. The president doesn't make bad deals," the US official said. Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, killing some 1,200 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated. Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets. -- BERNAMA-ANADOLU BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; www.bernama.com; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies. Follow us on social media : Facebook : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatv, @bernamaradio Twitter : @bernama.com, @BernamaTV, @bernamaradio Instagram : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatvofficial, @bernamaradioofficial TikTok : @bernamaofficial

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