Trump Says US Will Get Highly Enriched Uranium From Iran — 'We Don't Need It, We Don't Want It... But We're Not Going To Let Them Have It'

President Donald Trump on Thursday stated that the U.S. will recover highly enriched uranium from Iran, which is currently buried under debris following the joint strikes by the United States and Israel on the Middle Eastern country.

Addressing reporters at the White House, Trump reiterated that there is nothing more important than not letting Iran obtain a nuclear weapon.

“We don’t need it, we don’t want it, we’ll probably destroy it after we get it, but we’re not going to let them have it,” Trump added, when asked about the highly enriched uranium and what the U.S. would do about it.

Iranian Supreme Leader Says Enriched Uranium Must Stay In Iran

According to a Reuters report, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered that the highly enriched uranium must stay inside the country, defying Trump.

“The Supreme Leader’s directive, and the consensus within the establishment, is ​that the stockpile of enriched uranium should not leave the country,” an Iranian source said, according to the report.

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