has just put on the table one of the most delicate and explosive demands of the entire negotiation with Iran.
He assured this Monday that Iranian enriched uranium must be handed over to Washington for destruction, in the midst of the conversations that both countries are holding to close an agreement that will put an end to the open conflict in
And he also used a particularly shocking expression to refer to Iranian nuclear material.
“Enriched uranium (nuclear dust) will be immediately delivered to the United States”Trump wrote in Truth Social.
Trump wants to destroy it inside or outside Iran
The president explained that the objective is to completely eliminate these reserves of highly enriched uranium.
According to him, the material could be transferred to US territory for destruction or, “preferably”, disposed of directly in Iran or in “another acceptable location” agreed upon by both parties.
All this under the supervision of international nuclear organizations.
Trump did not clarify exactly how an extremely complex process would be carried out, both from a technical and political point of view, but his words make it clear that Washington wants to make the Iranian nuclear program one of the central points of the agreement.
The pact with Iran begins to generate tensions
The statements come at a particularly sensitive time.
United States and Iran have intensified in recent days diplomatic contacts and It practically assumes that a deal could be closed soon.
But the content of the possible pact is already beginning to cause tensions even within the Republican Party itself.
According to various leaks published in the US media, the agreement would include very sensitive issues:
- Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
- Partial lifting of sanctions against Tehran
- A kind of postponement of the nuclear debate for later phases
And that has triggered criticism from several Republican senators close to Trump.
Many consider that Washington is conceding too much to Iran after months of military tension.
“Iran will never have a nuclear weapon”
Trump tried this Monday to stop this criticism by publicly toughening his speech.
Hours before publishing the message about enriched uranium, the president had assured during an official event in Arlington that Iran “will never get” a nuclear weapon.
He also did so in a setting full of symbolism: the tribute to the American soldiers killed in the conflict with the Islamic Republic celebrated during Memorial Day.
Meanwhile, Tehran continues to lower expectations of an immediate agreement.
Although a senior US official had already told CBS this Sunday that Iran would have agreed in principle to get rid of some of its highly enriched uranium, Iranian authorities insist that there are still very delicate issues to be resolved.
And precisely there lies the great international fear.
Because behind all these negotiations the same question that has been haunting the Middle East for years continues to survive: What Iran is really willing to do with its nuclear program… and how far Trump is willing to go to stop it.
