United States President Donald Trump has stated that Iran’s uranium stockpile will be “perfectly taken care of” following the recently announced ceasefire agreement.
Trump made the remark during an interview with AFP on Tuesday, shortly after the ceasefire announcement aimed at easing tensions between the United States and Iran.
Iran’s large reserve of highly
enriched uranium, a key material required for building nuclear weapons, has remained one of the major concerns throughout the conflict. The issue has drawn international attention, with fears that the stockpile could
Reports by the Wall Street Journal last month indicated that Trump had been considering a possible military operation to remove or secure Iran’s uranium reserves. However, officials at the time noted that no final decision had been reached regarding such action.
Speaking on the matter, Trump expressed confidence that the situation had been addressed as part of the ceasefire understanding.
“That will be perfectly taken care of or I wouldn’t have settled,” Trump told AFP Tuesday, without providing further details on how the uranium issue would be handled.
