Iran MP says no plan to ship out uranium stockpile

An Iranian lawmaker said upcoming nuclear talks in Geneva will not include Iran’s missile program or regional issues, and insisted Tehran will not discuss stopping uranium enrichment or sending its nuclear stockpile out of the country.

Ebrahim Rezaei, a member and spokesman of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, wrote on social media that “in this round of negotiations, there is no discussion of stopping or abandoning uranium enrichment,” and that Iran’s stockpiles will not be transferred abroad.

He added the United States has already accepted those points in earlier discussions, and said the Geneva talks are limited to the nuclear file.

Rezaei said Iran’s negotiating team has prepared a proposal package “to avoid wasting time,” but added that Tehran is not optimistic about a result given what he described as Washington’s track record.