Published on 12/6/2026
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Last update: 23:06 (Mecca time)
Reuters quoted a senior US administration official as saying that Washington will obtain enriched materials under the agreement with Iran, which he revealed also includes an inspection system.
The American official stated that the agreement specifically stipulates the transfer of enriched materials, confirming that an agreement had been reached on the details of the destruction and removal of the enriched materials, he said.
He pointed out that the draft agreement lifts the US blockade and leads to the dismantling of the nuclear program, noting that Iran will be rewarded economically if it complies.
In this context, an American official told Agence France-Presse that Iran has agreed to “dismantle” its nuclear program and get rid of enriched uranium.
For its part, the New York Times quoted Iranian officials and a knowledgeable regional official as saying that Iran will confirm in the memorandum of understanding its commitment not to develop or possess a nuclear weapon.
They indicated that the future of highly enriched uranium and Iran’s nuclear program is postponed to subsequent negotiating rounds.
In addition, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said that the agency will make verifying the full scope of Iran’s nuclear capabilities among its top priorities.
The American statements come after the Iranian IRNA news agency quoted sources earlier that the current memorandum of understanding does not include an agreement on the nuclear file, and the sources indicated that the nuclear talks will take place within 60 days after the signing.
Last Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said that the speculation raised about how to manage enriched uranium stocks, or transfer them outside the country, or the issue of enrichment, remains at the present time merely media speculation.
A few days before that, the military advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, said that his country would not give up its right to enrich uranium as it is a national resource and a technology that it currently uses in agriculture, pharmaceutical industries, and electricity generation.
Rezaei stressed that Tehran is the decision maker in this regard, and will not grant fertilized materials to any person or entity, nor will it accept any conditions related to fertilized materials.
Iran is believed to possess 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium.
Enriched uranium is one of the most prominent nodes of disagreement between the United States and Iran, as each party shows rigidity in its position regarding dealing with this complex file in every round of negotiations between the two sides.
Last Wednesday, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency approved a resolution supported by the United States demanding that Iran declare its remaining stocks of enriched uranium and allow inspectors to verify them.
The resolution states that Iran must “provide the agency with full information about its stockpiles of nuclear materials” and give it the access it needs to verify this “without delay.”
