By Laurence Norman

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains under the rubble of the sites attacked last June by the U.S. and Israel.

Araghchi said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" that Iran has no plans to recover the material, one of the first hints of a concession Tehran has made since the war began. He said if they do that, it would be under the eyes of the United Nations atomic agency.

"So, they are...under the rubbles," he said. "Of course, you know there is the possibility to retrieve them, but under the supervision of the agency... But for the time being, we have no program. We have no plan to recover them from under the rubbles."

Until now, Iran has given the atomic agency no access to its bombed nuclear sites. President Trump has suggested the U.S. could try to seize the fissile material.

Iran has 441 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for 10-11 nuclear weapons.

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