Overview
- In a March 14 MS Now interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran holds 440 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium as reflected in IAEA reporting.
- He acknowledged experts assess that amount, if further enriched, could yield material for about ten nuclear weapons.
- He stressed he was not threatening weaponization and said the comparison was used to illustrate the size of a potential concession.
- He said Iran was prepared to relinquish the stock by diluting or downblending it to lower enrichment levels.
- He disputed U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s claim he boasted about material for eleven bombs and said Washington misread Tehran’s position after reported progress at Feb. 26 Geneva talks to justify an act of aggression.