Trump wants to destroy Iran’s uranium

According to US President Donald Trump, the uranium that has already been enriched in Iran destroyed in the United States or elsewhere. Either it will be handed over to the USA “immediately” to be brought to the United States and to be destroyed there, or destroyed locally or elsewhere in cooperation and coordination with Iranthe Republican wrote on the Truth Social platform. The process should be monitored by nuclear energy experts, said Trump – and referred to the “Nuclear Energy Commission”. It was initially unclear whether he meant a US authority or possibly the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), based in Vienna.

It also remained unclear whether Trump reflected the current status of negotiations around a possible framework agreement for an end to the Iran war – So whether it is just a demand that the US government is making in the talks or whether it could be an already agreed part of the deal. Dealing with around 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Tehran is a central point of contention in the negotiations. At the weekend, Trump announced that a framework agreement had been “largely” negotiated.

Israel and the USA went to war together against Iran on February 28th. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that in a telephone conversation with Trump the evening before, both agreed “that any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear threat.” This means that Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities must be dismantled and stocks of highly enriched uranium must be removed from the country. (sda/dpa)