Iran expected to resist US plan to move uranium stockpile to third country

Issue is seen as a key stumbling block in talks with US as Washington seeks to scale back Iran's nuclear programme

Iran is expected to resist a US proposal to transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country - such as Russia - as part of Washington's effort to scale back Tehran's civil nuclear programme and prevent it from being used to develop a nuclear weapon.

The issue, seen as one of the key stumbling blocks to a future agreement, was raised in the initial, largely indirect, talks held in Muscat, Oman, between Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff.