President Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed that the U.S. government should take control of Iran’s buried uranium as part of a deal ending the conflict with Iran, suggesting it would be destroyed.
“We will get it. We don’t need it. We don’t want it,” Trump said at the White House, referring to the material. “We’ll probably destroy it after we get it, but we’re not going to let them have it.”
Iran is believed to possess about 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium, which Trump has said is one of the reasons for the U.S. strikes against Iran that started in February. Tehran has long insisted that it has the right to enrich uranium and claims it is for peaceful purposes….