Rezaei Says Iran Told Russia Its Enriched Nuclear Material Will Remain in Iran

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, said Tehran had informed Russia that its enriched nuclear material would remain in Iran and be used domestically. In remarks published on November 11, he linked that position to Iran’s plans to design nuclear-powered ships and submarines. Rezaei had already ruled out transferring enriched nuclear material abroad during an October 20 meeting with Pakistani army chief Asim Munir. The Iranian official also said ending the war on every front in West Asia, particularly Lebanon, was one of Tehran’s fundamental conditions. He claimed that Iran’s electronic-warfare capabilities had reached a level at which it could take control of American drones and bring them down intact. In a separate statement on November 11 about Iran’s unveiling of an underground missile facility, Israel’s Foreign Ministry described the complex as containing ballistic and cruise weapons. The ministry’s Persian-language account said Iran was expressing an intention to destroy Israel and the West, and urged the international community to take those threats seriously.