Nuclear deal with Iran nears negotiating deadline
- Negotiations deadlocked for two days before the deadline
- Iran opposed to shipping uranium stockpile to Russia
Updated : 07:27
The Iranian delegation in talks with the US, Russia, China, France, UK and Germany in Lausanne, Switzerland, announced late on Sunday that it will not send its enriched uranium stockpile abroad, as expected. Russia seemed the most likely destination.
"The export of enriched uranium reserves is not in our programme," Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, Abbas Araqchi told to the news agency France Presse. .
It has to be a deal which puts the bomb beyond Iran's reach
Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that an agreement is possible but "it has to be a deal which puts the bomb beyond Iran's reach".
The White House urged Iran to send the world a "clear signal" of its commitment to a nuclear deal.
"It's time the Iranians send a clear signal to the international community if they are unwilling or not to meet the serious needed requirements," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
Other issues like the degree of supervision of nuclear facilities, the date of lifting the sanctions and the possible permission to maintain nuclear research projects and other projects with medical purposes are yet to be discussed.
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