Trump Says US To Retrieve Iran’s Enriched Uranium
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will work with Iran to retrieve its enriched uranium and transfer it to the US.
“We’re going to get it together. We’re going to go down there with Iran, nice leisurely pace, we’re going to go down there and start excavating with big machines. We’ll bring it back to the United States,” he said. He referred to what he described as “nuclear dust”, adding that it would be extracted “very soon”.
Trump’s reference to “nuclear dust” appears to relate to material he said remained after US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities last June.
Iran is believed to possess more than 400 kg of uranium enriched to 60% purity. The issue of its nuclear programme remains one of the most contentious points in negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Trump has said the primary aim of the war was to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran maintains that uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel for power plants or nuclear warheads depending on its level, is intended solely for civilian purposes.