Trump returns to more definitive tone on controlling Iran's uranium
President Trump has adopted a more definitive stance on controlling Iran's uranium. He stated that the U.S. will take control of the uranium as part of a potential peace agreement with Iran. Trump emphasized that the U.S. does not want the uranium and would likely destroy it after obtaining it.
- ▪President Trump expressed a definitive stance on controlling Iran's uranium.
- ▪He stated that the U.S. will take control of the uranium as part of a potential peace agreement.
- ▪Trump emphasized that the U.S. does not want the uranium and would likely destroy it after obtaining it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) returned to a more definitive tone on controlling Iran's uranium.Last week, Mr. Trump suggested that he might be OK with some 970 pounds of highly enriched uranium believed to be buried beneath Iranian nuclear facilities that were targeted by U.S. military strikes last year remaining entombed under those sites. Mojtaba forbids export of enriched uranium: officialsBut speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday (May 21, 2026), Mr. Trump reverted to a more definitive tone about the U.S. taking control of the uranium as part of any potential peace agreement with Iran.“We will get it. We don't need it. We don't want it,” Mr. Trump said.
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