A senior Iranian official has denied US President Donald Trump’s claim about Iran’s nuclear programme and dismissed US assertions that Tehran had agreed to transfer its enriched uranium stockpile abroad.
President Trump told Reuters on Friday that the US will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States.
“We’re going to get it together. We’re going to go in with Iran, at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery… We’ll bring it back to the United States,” Trump said during a phone interview.
Iranian officials, however, strongly rejected a series of claims made by Donald Trump regarding Tehran’s nuclear programme and its policies in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for Iran’s National Security Committee, dismissed Trump’s claim that Tehran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium stockpile.
Speaking to Al Jazeera Mubasher, Rezaei said Iran “categorically rejects” any move toward halting uranium enrichment or dismantling what it describes as its peaceful nuclear programme, calling such demands a “strategic red line.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed that Iran would hand over its enriched uranium, stating in a recent social media post that the United States would obtain all nuclear material.
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