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Trump says Iran’s enriched uranium must be handed to US or destroyed under IAEA oversight
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US President Donald Trump insists that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile will either be turned over to the US or destroyed at another location with International Atomic Energy Agency oversight, amid ongoing talks on an agreement with Iran.
“The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event,” Trump writes on Truth Social.
Trump does not specify whether he is concerned only with the 440kg of highly enriched uranium in Iran’s possession or its full stockpile of enriched uranium, though US officials have reportedly claimed the full stockpile would need to be removed.
Iranian officials have stressed that they are unwilling to discuss the nuclear issue until a potential 60-day ceasefire for the deal under discussion begins.
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