Iran firmly refuses to hand over enriched uranium! Choking "not even one particle", saying that US military bases may become targets

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), stressed in a television interview that Tehran will not allow any enriched nuclear material to be shipped overseas, not even "a particle" and warned that the United States will face consequences if it launches another attack on Iran.

Reuters reported that Rezoi made the above remarks during an interview with the pro-Iran Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV. Previously, U.S. officials downplayed the need for further military action against Iran; analysts pointed out that U.S. President Trump's attitude towards Iran has become softer since the Republican Party lost the November 3 election.

Rezoi said there are currently no negotiations between Tehran and Washington. He warned: "If the United States launches another attack, we will also attack US military bases in distant places." He added that once the United States uses military bases in European countries to launch attacks on Iran, these bases will also become targets for Iran.

Two senior Iranian sources revealed in May this year that Iran’s supreme leader has issued instructions not to ship the country’s enriched uranium, which is close to weapons-grade concentrations, overseas.

Rezoi pointed out: "We need these enriched nuclear materials to design nuclear-powered ships and submarines." He also said that Tehran has informed Moscow that Iran's enriched nuclear materials will remain in the country and "we will use them ourselves."

Russia has previously offered to help move enriched uranium out of Iran as part of a potential deal to ease U.S. concerns, but it has also said it should be up to Tehran to decide whether to ship enriched uranium abroad.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that when Israel and the United States attacked Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025, Iran had 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, which was far higher than the enrichment level required for civilian use. It is unclear how much of that enriched uranium was preserved after the attack.

Israel, the United States and other Western countries have long accused Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge that Iran denies. Washington has previously stated that any preliminary negotiations aimed at ending the US-Iran war must include nuclear issues.