Trump claims uranium from Iran will be brought to the US. “We will excavate with big machines”
President Donald Trump said in an interview with Reuters that the United States will work with Iran to recover enriched uranium and bring it to the United States. He referred to the uranium as “nuclear dust” that would be what was left after the US-Israeli bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025.
“We're going to recover it together with Iran at a slow pace and we're going to go there and dig with big machines. We're going to bring it to the United States,” Trump said in a phone interview.
Until now, Iran has denied that it agreed to the transfer of enriched uranium to the United States.
“Iran's enriched uranium will not be transferred anywhere; transferring uranium to the United States was not an option for us,” said Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, with a purity of 60%, is estimated at about 400 kilograms. The issue of Iran's nuclear program has been one of the thorniest issues in the US-Iran negotiations.
Commenting on reports that the United States would be willing to negotiate to obtain uranium in exchange for $20 billion, Trump said: “It is completely false. Not a penny will change hands.”
Trump reiterated that the US will maintain the naval blockade against Iran until a deal is reached, but predicted that this would not be long.
“I think we will reach an agreement very quickly. We get along very well with Iran,” the US president said.
He said more direct talks would be needed to reach an agreement and could take place over the weekend. Trump said there was a possibility that he would personally go to Islamabad. “I haven't made up my mind yet,” the White House leader added.
