[Financial News] U.S. President Donald Trump, who demanded Iran's release of nuclear materials as a condition for the end of the Iranian war, said it could be eliminated locally. At the same time, he stressed that he would not tolerate Iran's development of nuclear weapons.
Trump posted on social media Truth Social on the 25th (local time) and said, "Enriched uranium will be immediately handed over to the United States and then discarded, more preferably through cooperation and coordination with Iran, or disposed of in the presence of the U.S. Nuclear Energy Commission or its corresponding agencies in other appropriate places."
Iran is said to have 440 kilograms of uranium at the purity of 60 percent before the U.S. bombing of its nuclear facilities last year. If uranium is enriched to more than 90 percent purity, it can be used as a material for nuclear bombs. The uranium in question is said to be enough to make 10 nuclear bombs when further enriched. The uranium enriched in question is believed to have been buried underground at the Isfahan facility when the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran's nuclear facilities in June last year.
Trump mentioned the 'great anger' of the bombing campaign against Iran, which began on February 28, in a speech commemorating Memorial Day (U.S. Memorial Day) at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on the 25th. He said 13 U.S. soldiers were killed during the operation, adding, "These amazing men and women sacrificed their lives to prevent the world's best sponsor of terrorism from ever having nuclear weapons." "Iran will never have nuclear weapons," he continued.
Reporter Park Jong-won (pjw@fnnews.com )
“If disposal is carried out under supervision, both sides might be able to reach an agreement.
Regardless of their true intentions, it would at least provide grounds for each to step back to some extent.
I only hope for a swift end to the war and the realization of postwar recovery.”