Sri Lanka, April 15 -- Russia has renewed an offer to "resolve the issue of Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles", as speculation mounts of a fresh round of US-Iran peace talks in the coming days, state media reported on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia could help convert Iran's highly enriched uranium to fuel grade or storing material "in ways acceptable to Iran without infringing its right to peaceful enrichment," reported state news agency TASS.

Iran's stockpiles of highly enriched uranium --- seen a precursor to being able to build a nuclear weapon -- are a key point of contention in negotiations between the US and Iran to end the war.

The US has demanded Iran end its enrichment program and insisted on the retrie...