TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Iran's semi-official Fars news agency on Friday, June 5, denied a report from Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya television network that Tehran had agreed to transfer enriched uranium to a third country.
Quoting sources close to Iran's negotiating team, as reported by ANTARA, Fars said that nuclear issues are essentially not on the agenda of the current talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at ending the war, and will only be discussed in the next stages.
The denial followed earlier reports that Iran had informed Pakistan of its willingness to transfer some of its enriched uranium to a third country.
The source stressed that such a transfer was not being discussed in the negotiations, adding that the United States must first take "clear and definite" steps before a "final agreement on several fundamental issues" can be reached.
Meanwhile, Iran's military said on Friday that its navy fired warning shots at two U.S. destroyers, DDG-103 and DDG-87, from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier strike group in the Gulf of Oman, using "Qadir" cruise missiles and "Shahid Dana" drones.
In a statement published on its official website, the Iranian military said the two destroyers then headed towards the Indian Ocean. It described the operation as part of Iran's ongoing campaign to counter "malicious acts and maritime disturbances and hijacking of commercial vessels and oil tankers by the U.S. terrorist army navy."
Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) denied that the incident occurred, stating that Iranian forces did not open fire on U.S. Navy warships.
Following a ceasefire between Iran, the U.S., and Israel on April 8 after 40 days of fighting, Tehran and Washington began a diplomatic process with Pakistani mediation to end the war. In recent weeks, the two sides have exchanged proposed plans, outlined conditions for peace, and are working to finalize a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
Iran has tightened its control over the Strait of Hormuz, barring vessels owned or affiliated with Israel and the U.S. from safe passage following a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iranian territory. The U.S. has also imposed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, which prevents vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports from passing through the waterway.
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