According to a report by Russian satellite news agency on August 27, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that in negotiations with Iran, the United States has repeatedly expressed its willingness to supply Iran with enriched uranium as fuel for Iran's development of civil nuclear energy.
Wright said that when Iran stated that its uranium enrichment was for the purpose of having its own nuclear energy, the US responded: “There is no problem. We are willing to cooperate with you in developing nuclear energy in Iran. We can supply enriched uranium for these reactors.” However, he also claimed that Iran’s nuclear program “has never been related to commercial uranium enrichment”.
This latest stance to be confirmed by the US side, or the latest development in the lengthy and winding nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran.
According to a Tass report in March, before the military operation, the United States proposed to Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities for ten years in exchange for free nuclear fuel, but Tehran rejected this proposal.
After that, the American position was quite strong. U.S. President Donald Trump stated in a post on social media on May 25th that Iran must hand over all high-enriched uranium. The proposed solution included either having the material transported to the United States for destruction, or destroying it under international supervision in Iran.
By June, the United States' stance on this issue underwent a crucial change. On the 9th of that month, American media reported, citing American officials and several diplomats, that there had been "significant progress" in the negotiations between the United States and Iran through Pakistani mediation. Specifically regarding Iran's handling of enriched uranium, the United States no longer demanded that Iran transport its high-enriched uranium stockpile to other countries; instead, it decided to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency to dilute the uranium.
Iran has always insisted on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, and has clearly opposed the export of enriched uranium abroad, believing that this would make it more vulnerable to attacks from the United States or Israel. Iran prefers to dilute high-enriched uranium within its country.
