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Russia's overseas curate Sergey Lavrov said that Iran has an "inalienable" correct to enrich uranium for civilian purposes during a authorities sojourn to China connected Wednesday, according to nan Times of Israel.
"The correct to enrich uranium for civilian purposes is an inalienable correct of nan Islamic Republic of Iran," Lavrov said during a Tuesday property convention pursuing a bilateral gathering pinch Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to nan Times of Israel.
Access to said uranium has been a difficult statement for U.S. President Donald Trump successful ongoing bid negotiations pinch Iran.
"There will beryllium nary enrichment of Uranium," Trump wrote successful an April 8 station connected Truth Social, adding that nan U.S. would beryllium moving pinch Iran to excavation up each remaining atomic materials successful nan state to guarantee nan Islamic Republic would not person entree to immoderate uranium.
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Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov speaks astatine a property convention successful Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Vice President JD Vance, who led nan U.S. delegation during Saturday negotiations pinch Iranian officials successful Islamabad, Pakistan, doubled down connected that reddish line.
"The enriched uranium that nan Iranians presently possess, we person said that we want that to travel our of their country, and we would for illustration to return possession of it," Vance told Fox News' Brett Baier connected Monday.
Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate successful a bilateral gathering successful Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
"The president doesn't want to time off nan adjacent president aliases nan president aft that to beryllium worrying astir this programme truthful we would for illustration to get that worldly retired of nan country wholly truthful that nan United States has power complete it.
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Despite nan U.S. difficult line, Russia's apical diplomat appeared to openly defy nan U.S. demand, speaking successful beardown position against what he viewed arsenic American world control.
Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov shakes hands pinch Chinese president Xi Jinping during a bilateral gathering successful Beijing, China. April 15, 2026 (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
"Neither China nor Russia, nor nan mostly of countries passim nan world, tin judge this approach," Lavrov said successful remarks posted to a Russian authorities website.
The bid talks successful Iran stalled, according to Vance, because of their refusal to wholly springiness up their atomic program. Nuclear experts praised nan decision.
"The U.S. squad was wise to locomotion distant erstwhile it became clear nan Iranians would not work together to Washington’s halfway atomic demands. Tehran maintaining enriched uranium stocks and uranium enrichment capabilities provides it pinch a pathway to atomic weapons, plain and simple," Andrea Stricker, lawman head of nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ nonproliferation program, told Fox News Digital.
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Fox News Digital contacted nan U.S. State Department and nan Russian Foreign Ministry for remark but did not perceive backmost immediately.
Fox News Digital's Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
