Iran to transfer uranium to third country

• Iran agrees to transfer part of its enriched uranium to a third country
• The decision follows a meeting between Iranian and Pakistani ministers
• The move addresses a major point of contention in US-Iran negotiations

Tehran: In a major development, Iran has informed Pakistan of its acceptance to transfer part of its enriched uranium to a third country, according to a report

by Al Arabiya. The development came after Pakistan Minister Mohsin Naqvi's meeting with Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni. The two leaders met in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) interior ministers’ meeting. The ceasefire between the US and Iran is in a state of little progress, having been made for achieving a breakthrough. Notably, Iran's enriched uranium has been one of the points of contention between Washington and Tehran. The US has been demanding that Iran should hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium to it. Trump on many occasions had claimed that Iran agreed to give enriched uranium to the US, but Iran rejected these claims. Some reports claimed that Iran wants the release of its frozen assets, while the US is in favour of releasing these assets in a phased manner depending on steps taken by Tehran to meet Washington's demand. Tehran has also consistently rejected US proposals to open negotiations on sensitive elements of its nuclear programme. (More to follow...)