Date: March 15th, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: lavender racy stage
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is buried “under the rubble,” and that Tehran currently has no plan to recover it or negotiate its dilution amid the ongoing US-Israeli bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic.
Since Israel and the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities last June, its estimated 440 kilograms of enriched uranium “are under the rubble,” Araghchi says in an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“Our nuclear facilities were attacked, and everything is under the rubble. Of course, you know there is the possibility to retrieve them, but under the supervision of the [International Atomic Energy Agency]. If one day we come to the conclusion to do that, it would be under the supervision of the agency. But for the time being, we have no program. We have no plan to recover them from under the rubble,” he tells the network.
Washington demanded that Iran relinquish its stockpile in nuclear talks that were halted by the bombing campaign. Iran is believed to be storing the uranium — enriched to up to 60% fissile purity, which can relatively easily be raised to the 90% level considered weapons-grade — deep underground at the Isfahan nuclear site. US President Donald Trump said last week he would consider at some point in the future sending in ground troops to secure the material.
In terms of Iran’s willingness to relinquish the stockpile, Araghchi says that “everything depends on the future. If any time in the future we decide to enter into negotiation with US or other interlocutors, you know, we may decide what to put on the table. For the time being, nothing is on the table.”
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