Iran denies information given by Trump and says enriched uranium stockpile will not be transferred

Iran declares Hormuz fully open during ceasefire The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated this Friday (17) that the stock of enriched uranium will remain in the country. The statement contradicts United States President Donald Trump, who said that Tehran had agreed to hand over the material. ✅ Follow g1’s international news channel on WhatsApp LIVE: Follow the latest news on the war in the Middle East “Iran’s enriched uranium will not be transferred anywhere,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV. Earlier, Trump wrote on social media that “the US will obtain all the nuclear ‘dust’ created by our big B-2 bombers”, in reference to nuclear material that would have been buried after US strikes last year. Uranium enrichment, linked to the development of nuclear weapons, is one of the main points in the negotiations for a peace agreement in the war between the USA and Iran. The divergence on the topic was central to the failure of the negotiations that took place in Islamabad, Pakistan, last weekend. The United States and Iran are under a two-week ceasefire, but there is still no definitive peace agreement between the two countries. Also this Friday, in an interview with the Bloomberg news agency, Trump stated that an agreement to definitively end the war between the United States and Iran is “almost closed.” Agreement for 20 years? The Iranian flag is seen in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Tehran in November 2009 REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl In recent days, reports have emerged in the international press that Washington had proposed an agreement to Iran so that the country would not develop nuclear weapons for two decades. But on Thursday (16), Trump denied that the possible new agreement between the United States and Iran would be subject to a 20-year limit. “We have a very strong statement [do Irã]. They won’t have… beyond 20 years… they won’t have nuclear weapons. It’s more than that. There is no limit of 20 years,” he told reporters on the White House grounds. How does uranium enrichment work? Why is uranium enrichment controversial? Uranium has a variant called U-235, used as fuel and for the production of weapons. But the uranium found in nature has only 0.72% of this element. The uranium enrichment process increases the concentration of U-235. This is done in centrifuges, which rotate at high speed to separate U-235 from other types of uranium, using a gas called uranium hexafluoride. When enrichment reaches around 90%, the material can be used in the production of nuclear weapons. International Atomic Energy Agency. READ ALSO: US x Iran: four possible scenarios of what lies ahead in the conflict US is ‘ready to resume fighting if Iran does not accept agreement’, says Pentagon Why did Trump decide to block the Strait of Hormuz after so much defending the opening?

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