President Donald Trump warned that the US will target any Iranians seeking access to high-enriched uranium from this country, saying that Iran's nuclear material is being continuously monitored by the US military.
In an interview with the TV program Full Measure broadcast on May 10, Mr. Trump mentioned Iran's uranium.
We will get it at some point, whenever we want. We are monitoring it" - Mr. Trump affirmed.
The US leader added: "I have established the Space Force and they are monitoring. If someone enters, they can tell you the name, address, badge number of that person... If anyone comes near that place, we will know and let them explode".
Iran's highly enriched uranium is one of the main contents of ceasefire negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
The US wants Iran to move uranium out of the country and completely shut down its nuclear program. Tehran emphasized that it will not give up the right to maintain its uranium enrichment program domestically.
Some reports say Iran's uranium is still in the rubble at the nuclear site that the US bombed in June 2025, but Tehran has not confirmed the location of these nuclear materials.
Last month, Mr. Trump announced that Tehran had agreed to allow Washington to recall uranium and bring it back to the US. However, Tehran quickly rejected this statement.
On April 17, in an interview, Mr. Trump affirmed that the US will work with Iran to begin recovering uranium stockpiles at those locations. "We will bring it back to the US," he added.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denied the US leader's statement. "Uranium is enriched as sacred to us as Iranian land and will not be transferred anywhere under any circumstances," he said.
It is estimated that Iran has more than 400kg of enriched uranium with 60% purity.
Uranium enrichment is a complex process, including isolating and collecting the highest radioactive isotope of this element to produce nuclear fuel.
When enriched to a purity of about 90%, uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons.
Mr. Trump argued that the ongoing conflict with Iran is aimed at preventing this country from possessing nuclear bombs.
Also related to Iran's nuclear program, in an interview broadcast on May 10 on CBS News' 60 Minutes program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that highly enriched uranium needs to be removed from Iran and Iran's uranium enrichment facilities need to be destroyed.
Currently, we have greatly weakened their capabilities. But all of that is still there, and there is still work to be done," Netanyahu said, referring to Iran's nuclear capabilities as well as its authorized forces and missile production capabilities.
Mr. Netanyahu emphasized that the best way is to remove uranium from Iran. He declined to specify what would happen if no agreement was reached with Iran on its nuclear material.
I will not give a specific timetable, but I emphasize that it is an extremely important task," Netanyahu said.
