Oil prices rose about 1% today from the previous session's two-month lows, after Iran's security chief said Tehran would not allow even a single particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Iran's security chief intensifies amid a nervous war surrounding the resumption of peace negotiations between the US and Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz...
The Iranian authorities are unwilling to remove enriched nuclear materials from the country, and they will be useful for the implementation of ship and submarine construction programmes.
Iranian official Rezaei stated that enriched uranium is a national asset and will be used for domestic needs, adding that they will absolutely not approve of the nuclear material being taken out of the country.