Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium


FILE PHOTO: A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Uranium (U) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WASHINGTON, June ⁠4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump on Thursday said ‌that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to ​get enriched uranium from ⁠the country.

"We ⁠could get it right now. ⁠I ‌don't think they could stop us ⁠if we wanted, but there's ​no ‌reason to. It's entombed," he ⁠told ​reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump also said that ⁠he did not want ​to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

But he ⁠added that if Washington and Tehran reached a deal, it was possible that ​the two ⁠would meet and added: "If it ​happened ... I'd ‌be respectful".

(Reporting by Costas ​Pitas and Daphne Psaledakis;Editing by David Ljunggren)

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