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No uranium enrichment, tariff and sanctions relief: Trump says US closely working with Iran
No Uranium enrichment, tariff and sanctions relief: Trump says US closely working with Iran
After a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington will be closely working with Iran and ensure there is no enrichment of Uranium and discuss tariff and sanctions relief.
In a social media post, Trump said US will work with Iran to "dig up and remove" its enriched uranium that was buried under joint US-Israeli strikes in June last year.
The president said that "there will be no enrichment of Uranium" and that none of the material had been touched since the June attacks.
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"The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change! There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear “Dust”, Trump said in the social media post.
Trump had earlier said the US would retrieve the deeply buried material, which is expected to be an intensive undertaking, if it struck an agreement with Iran.
Trump said there would be no enrichment of uranium and said many of the 15 points in the US plan proposed to Iran have been agreed to.
“We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran. Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to,” he added.
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The remarks come after Iran, the United States and Israel said they reached a deal for a two-week ceasefire, with Tehran saying it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad from Friday.
Trump has said he agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks” as long as Iran agrees to “the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz.”
Countries supplying weapons to Iran to face 50% US tariffs
US President Trump also warned countries against supplying weapons to Iran, threatening immediate 50 percent tariffs.
"A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions," Trump said on his Truth Social platform.
