UPDATE 1-Trump vows U.S. will retrieve uranium from Iran

Retrieving the uranium is part of Trump's central objective of ⁠his ​war on Iran that Tehran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran's ⁠Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade ⁠uranium ⁠should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources told Reuters.

President Donald ​Trump vowed on Thursday ‌that the ​United States will eventually recover Iran's stockpile of highly ‌enriched uranium despite comments from Iran that it will not hand over the material.

"We will get it. ‌We don't need it, we don't want ‌it. We'll probably destroy it after we get it, but we're not going to let them have it," Trump told ⁠reporters ​at the ⁠White House. Iran is believed to possess about 900 pounds ⁠of highly enriched uranium, which Trump says was buried ​by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes nearly a year ⁠ago. Retrieving the uranium is part of Trump's central objective of ⁠his ​war on Iran that Tehran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.

Iran's ⁠Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade ⁠uranium ⁠should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources told Reuters.