Iran security chief rules out moving enriched uranium out of country

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Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has told Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir that Tehran will not allow nuclear material to leave the country, AFP reports according to state TV.

“Not even a tiny bit of enriched nuclear material will leave Iran. Such materials constitute a major asset and national wealth for the Iranian people, intended for use within the country,” said Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in a meeting with the visiting army chief.

“There will be no negotiations until America takes steps to build trust — a process that must begin with the fulfilment of Iran’s conditions.”

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