“Russia stands ready to help remove Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said.”

“US President Donald Trump has demanded that Iran dismantle its nuclear infrastructure and hand over its uranium, a proposal Tehran has rejected.”

“Moscow has repeatedly offered to host the material.”

“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week that the US had rejected it.”

“In an interview with corporate newspaper Strana Rosatom released on Saturday, Likhachev said the company remains ready to assist, stressing that beyond the technical complexity of removing the stockpile, trust is central to any deal – and that Russia can provide both.”

““Only Russia has positive experience interacting with Iran. In 2015, at Iran’s request, we already removed enriched uranium… We are ready to assist with this issue today as well,” he said, calling it one of the most sensitive aspects of the talks.”

“Likhachev added that Rosatom – builder and operator and partner of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant – is closely monitoring US-Iran negotiations.”

“Iran is estimated to hold over 400kg of uranium enriched to 60%, just below weapons-grade levels, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.”