Supreme leader says enriched uranium must stay in Iran: sources
Iran's Supreme Leader has directed that the country's enriched uranium must remain within its borders, complicating ongoing peace negotiations with the U.S. and Israel. This stance is a response to U.S. demands for Iran to send its near-weapons-grade uranium abroad, which Tehran believes would make it more vulnerable to attacks. The situation remains tense, with both sides expressing deep suspicion and the potential for renewed hostilities.
- ▪Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered that enriched uranium should not be sent abroad.
- ▪U.S. President Donald Trump has assured Israel that any peace deal must include the removal of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
- ▪Iran's officials believe sending uranium abroad would increase vulnerability to U.S. and Israeli attacks.
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A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, May 8. Reuters-YonhapIran's supreme leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran's stance on one of the main U.S. demands at peace talks.Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's order could further frustrate U.S. President Donald Trump and complicate talks on ending the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.Israeli officials have told Reuters that Trump has assured Israel that Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, needed to make an atomic weapon, will be sent out of Iran and that any peace deal must include a clause on this.Israel, the United States and other Western states have long accused Iran of…
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