Trump Says Iran Agrees to Hand Over Nuclear Materials, US-Iran Nuclear Deal Sees Glimmer of Hope
President Trump announced that Iran has agreed to hand over nuclear materials buried after US airstrikes last year. This agreement could be a significant step in weakening Iran's nuclear weapons capability. Iran has not yet officially confirmed this concession, but the IAEA reported that these materials were buried deep underground after US airstrikes on three key nuclear facilities in June last year.
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Major news on the US-Iran conflict.
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(Central News Agency, Washington, 16th, comprehensive foreign report) US President Trump announced today that Iran has agreed to hand over nuclear materials buried after US airstrikes on key nuclear facilities last year. If this statement is true, it could become one of the important progresses for the United States to weaken Iran's ability to manufacture nuclear weapons.
According to the "Washington Post," Iran did not immediately confirm whether it made the aforementioned concession in negotiations with the United States and its Pakistani intermediaries, and the two-week ceasefire agreement is about to expire on the 21st. In the past, US statements regarding Iran's nuclear deal commitments have often proven to be inaccurate or ended in failure.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), these nuclear materials were buried deep underground after US airstrikes on three key nuclear facilities in June last year.
The retention of these nuclear materials by Iran is a major cause of tension between the Trump administration and Tehran. The existence of enriched uranium is regarded by the United States as a security concern because these materials can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Before the ceasefire agreement was reached, Trump had asked the US military to formulate a high-risk and complex raid plan, intending to fly into Iran to recover these radioactive materials without Iran's consent.
Trump told reporters today as he walked towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House: "Iran has no nuclear weapons, they have agreed to this, and they have agreed very clearly. They have agreed to return those nuclear materials that were buried deep underground after our B-2 bombers attacked. We have reached many consensuses with Iran, and I think there will be very positive and very important progress next."
US Vice President JD Vance held high-level talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad over the weekend, but ultimately failed to reach an agreement. Currently, both sides are still communicating through messages.
Given Iran's long-standing insistence that it does not seek nuclear weapons, a renewed commitment not to build nuclear weapons may not be a major breakthrough. Handing over existing enriched uranium stockpiles is indeed a more substantial concession, but if Tehran still retains enrichment technology, the effect of this concession will be quite limited.
US officials believe that last summer's airstrikes destroyed or paralyzed many of Iran's centrifuges used for uranium enrichment, but it is generally believed that Iran still retains other equipment.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. (Compiler: Chen Yu-ting) 1150417
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Central News Agency
(Central News Agency, Washington, 16th, comprehensive foreign report) US President Trump announced today that Iran has agreed to hand over nuclear materials buried after US airstrikes on key nuclear facilities last year. If this statement is true, it could become one of the important progresses for the United States to weaken Iran's ability to manufacture nuclear weapons.
According to the "Washington Post," Iran did not immediately confirm whether it made the aforementioned concession in negotiations with the United States and its Pakistani intermediaries, and the two-week ceasefire agreement is about to expire on the 21st. In the past, US statements regarding Iran's nuclear deal commitments have often proven to be inaccurate or ended in failure.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), these nuclear materials were buried deep underground after US airstrikes on three key nuclear facilities in June last year.
The retention of these nuclear materials by Iran is a major cause of tension between the Trump administration and Tehran. The existence of enriched uranium is regarded by the United States as a security concern because these materials can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Before the ceasefire agreement was reached, Trump had asked the US military to formulate a high-risk and complex raid plan, intending to fly into Iran to recover these radioactive materials without Iran's consent.
Trump told reporters today as he walked towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House: "Iran has no nuclear weapons, they have agreed to this, and they have agreed very clearly. They have agreed to return those nuclear materials that were buried deep underground after our B-2 bombers attacked. We have reached many consensuses with Iran, and I think there will be very positive and very important progress next."
US Vice President JD Vance held high-level talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad over the weekend, but ultimately failed to reach an agreement. Currently, both sides are still communicating through messages.
Given Iran's long-standing insistence that it does not seek nuclear weapons, a renewed commitment not to build nuclear weapons may not be a major breakthrough. Handing over existing enriched uranium stockpiles is indeed a more substantial concession, but if Tehran still retains enrichment technology, the effect of this concession will be quite limited.
US officials believe that last summer's airstrikes destroyed or paralyzed many of Iran's centrifuges used for uranium enrichment, but it is generally believed that Iran still retains other equipment.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. (Compiler: Chen Yu-ting) 1150417
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