Putin offers to take Iran's uranium
Vladimir Putin is willing to store uranium from Iran's nuclear programme in Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday, adding that it was ready to act as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Moscow said on Monday that its offer to take the uranium from its ally was still on the table, having first made the proposal earlier this year.
Iran, meanwhile, warned it was preparing to leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), raising fresh fears over its nuclear programme.
Israel has hit several of Tehran's nuclear sites in recent days in a series of strikes aimed at preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon, which Israel says would be an existential threat to the country.
'This proposal remains on the table, it remains relevant,' Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said of the offer. 'But, of course, with the outbreak of hostilities, the situation has become seriously complicated.'
The EU said Russia had 'zero credibility' as a potential mediator in the conflict after Donald Trump, the US president, also suggested Putin could play a role.
It came as Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday that Tehran was opposed to developing weapons of mass destruction in a bid to quell fears that it was trying to build a nuclear bomb. But, he added, the Iranian parliament was preparing a bill to quit the disarmament treaty, as fighting raged with Israel for a fourth day.
On Monday, Tehran urged Britain, France and Germany to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the attacks on Iran as Israel claimed it had achieved 'aerial superiority' over Tehran.
'Germany, France and England should have very clearly condemned the Zionist regime's crimes, especially against the Natanz nuclear facility,' said Mr Baqaei.
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