00:00Donald Trump says the United States will eventually take control of Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium
00:06and likely destroy it after recovery to prevent Iran from retaining access.
00:11He says the material was buried following earlier American and Israeli airstrikes.
00:17No, no, we get the highly enriched, we will get it, we don't need it, we don't want it,
00:24we'll probably destroy it after we get it, but we're not going to let them have it.
00:27Iran is believed to possess around 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium,
00:32which Washington says remains a central concern in efforts to limit Tehran's nuclear program.
00:37Iran has previously said it will not hand over its uranium stockpile to the United States under any circumstances.
00:44Israel, the United States and other Western states have long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons,
00:50including pointing to its move to enrich uranium to 60%, far higher than needed for civilian users,
00:56and closer to the 90% needed for a weapon.
01:00Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
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