Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium

Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium
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Summary "We could get ⁠it right now. I ​don't think they could ​stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. ​It's entombed," he told ​reporters in the Oval Office

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President ​Donald Trump on Thursday said ‌that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to ​get enriched uranium ​from the country.

"We could get it right now. I ​don't think they could ​stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. ​It's entombed," he told ​reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump also ‌said that he did not want to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba ​Khamenei.

But ​he added that if Washington and Tehran ​reached a deal, it ​was possible that the two would meet and added: "If it ​happened ... I'd be ​respectful".