Putin proposes Russia hold Iran and US enriched uranium
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Updated · Crypto Briefing · May 9
Putin proposes Russia hold Iran and US enriched uranium
7 articles · Updated · Crypto Briefing · May 9
The Trump administration rejected the plan, insisting any deal must place Iran's stockpile under US, not Russian, custody; Iran holds about 450kg enriched to 60% purity.
Putin first raised the idea in June 2025 and repeated it in March 2026, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in April that Moscow still considered it viable.
Russia previously handled Iran's low-enriched uranium under the 2015 nuclear deal, but Washington says Tehran's current material is more dangerous and rejects Moscow as an intermediary.
With inspectors shut out, what progress has Iran made in its fortified underground bunkers?
Can China's economic leverage succeed where military strikes and Russian diplomacy have failed?
Have military strikes backfired, pushing Iran closer to a nuclear bomb than ever before?