Tehran ? Iran said Sunday it will hold talks with Moscow on a proposal to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia, a day after a senior Iranian official declared the proposal dead because Iran was referred to the U.N. Security Council.

“The situation has changed. Still, we will attend talks with Russia on February 16,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a press conference.

On Saturday, Javad Vaeidi, deputy head of the powerful National Security Council, said there was there was “no adequate reason to pursue the Russian plan” after the U.N. nuclear watchdog reported Iran to the Security Council.

But Asefi said Sunday that Russia remained open to the idea.

“The proposal has to conform itself with the new circumstances,” Asefi said. “If the Russian proposal makes itself compatible with the new conditions, it can be negotiated.”