MOSCOW, Oct. 15 -- Russia says its offer to take Iran's enriched uranium "remains on the table," but only if the warring sides first reach a deal, and no such deal has been announced.

Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko told the RTVI channel that Russia would move the material to its own territory, or help other countries willing to take it, "if the need arises and the conflict parties reach a corresponding deal," TASS reported. Moscow, he said, proposed moving all of Iran's enriched uranium out before what he called the US-Israeli aggression began, and "we do not claim that Russia is the sole available destination."

The sticking point is who can see the stockpile. Borisenko said experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency,...