Pezeshkian says US demanded Iran hand over all enriched uranium for sanctions relief

By AFP 27 September 2025, 12:10 pm

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media at a press briefing in New York, September 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Washington had demanded that Tehran hand over all its enriched uranium in return for a three-month reprieve from sanctions, rejecting this as “unacceptable.”

The United States “wants us to hand over all our enriched uranium to them, and in return they would give us three months” exemption from sanctions, Pezeshkian tells reporters in New York before leaving for Tehran. “This is by no means acceptable.”