President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he expected Iran to hand over its enriched uranium — a key sticking point in efforts to end the war in the Middle East — to the United States to be destroyed or have it destroyed in Iran with an international witness.
“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,” he said in a social media post.
Since the war in the Middle East broke out on February 28, Trump has repeatedly said his key aim is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with its highly enriched uranium. Tehran has consistently denied it has plans to do that.
US Attacks Missile Sites In Iran
Donald Trump’s message to Iran came as the US forces conducted “self-defence” strikes on Iranian boats and missile launch facilities, threatening an already fragile ceasefire that began April 8.
“US forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” Tim Hawkins, a US Central Command spokesperson, said in a statement.
He gave no details of the attacks and said only that the targets included missile launch sites and boats trying to “emplace mines.”
