Iran Denies Any Agreement to Send Enriched Uranium Abroad

Iran denied reports that it had agreed to send enriched uranium overseas, highlighting continuing differences over a key issue in nuclear negotiations.

Walter Bloomberg reported on May 11 that a source close to Iran's negotiating team said Western media coverage was inaccurate.

The source said the current draft agreement does not include any provision to export or transfer enriched uranium abroad.

The person also denied reports that Iran had agreed to move its stockpile of enriched uranium.

The US and Iran have recently been holding talks on Tehran's nuclear program, sanctions relief and the Strait of Hormuz.

Halting uranium enrichment and deciding how to handle highly enriched uranium remain central issues in the negotiations.

Markets are focused on whether progress in US-Iran nuclear talks and the possibility of sanctions relief will affect global oil markets and the broader situation in the Middle East.