![]() ![]() On the other hand, they might want to put pressure on the U.S. She concluded that, "The Russians are trying to signal to the Iranians that they will help them out like they did with Iran's civilian nuclear program. That gives Putin leverage over both sides but also allows him to be perceived as a deal-maker. Russia's tactic is to drag things on and play both sides. ![]() Koffler, an expert on Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, added, "Russia benefits from being a party to the JCPOA. The rationale for Russia storing the uranium is to prevent the regime from using the material to construct an atomic bomb. One major component of the effort by the U.S and other world powers to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the formal name of the Iran nuclear deal, is for Russia to warehouse Tehran's enriched uranium. The State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "We will not comment on purported secret intelligence reports, but in any event the JCPOA has not been on the agenda for months." A spokesperson for the National Security Council deferred comment to the State Department. ![]() The State Department would neither confirm nor deny the reports. In what could be a major setback to a new Iran nuclear deal, foreign intelligence sources speaking on the condition of anonymity, and who are familiar with the negotiations between Moscow and Tehran over Iran’s reported illegal nuclear weapons work, told Fox News Digital that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to return enriched uranium that it received from Iran if a prospective atomic deal collapses. ![]() Amid the International Atomic Energy Agency’s disclosure this week that the Islamic Republic of Iran accumulated near weapons-grade enriched uranium for its alleged nuclear weapon program, Fox News Digital has learned that Iran has allegedly secured secret deals with Russia to guarantee deliveries of uranium. ![]()
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