A transfer of 20% and 60% enriched uranium would not be a red line for Tehran, Iravani said, adding the material could alternatively remain in Iran under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supervision.
However, he stressed Iran would not renounce its right to domestic uranium production, a condition the US firmly rejects.
Iravani also ruled out any restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile programme and reiterated that a new agreement would hinge, among other conditions, on the lifting of international sanctions.
His remarks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X on Saturday Iran was fundamentally willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the US, though he urged President Donald Trump to moderate his tone.
"If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers," Araghchi said.
"Goodwill begets goodwill, and respect begets respect."
Trump recently said that new talks with Iran would take place "next week," though he offered no further details. Several previous rounds of negotiations between Washington and Tehran have failed to yield an agreement.
Earlier this month, tensions escalated sharply when Israel, accusing Iran of fast-approaching a point of no return in its goal of obtaining atomic weapons, carried out strikes on nuclear sites, defence positions, cities and energy infrastructure during a 12-day war.
More than 20 high-ranking Iranian military officials were killed, some in their homes.
The US also intervened with a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Trump later said the attacks had set Iran’s nuclear programme back by years and when asked if he would strike again should uranium enrichment continue, he replied in the affirmative, insisting Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons.
In response to the attacks, the Iranian parliament passed a law this week suspending co-operation with the IAEA.
However, Tehran has not formally notified the agency, and experts warn that negotiations cannot proceed without the IAEA’s technical oversight.
Iran maintains that its nuclear programme is intended solely for civilian purposes.
The IAEA believes Iran has managed to produce 400kg of uranium with a purity level of 60%.
Experts say this could be used to produce several nuclear weapons if the material were further enriched to 90%.
It is unclear what happened to the stockpile in the wake of the attacks by Israel and the US. — dpa
