OAN Staff Addie Davis
7:30 AM – Tuesday, May 26, 2026
While peace talks continue between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump outlined the options for the disposal of Iranian enriched uranium.
In a Monday Truth Social post, Trump talked about the future of enriched uranium in the Islamic Republic, noting the best-case scenario involved cooperation from Iran.
“The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event,” the commander-in-chief said.
Iran’s nuclear program has been the purported top driving factor for the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic Republic launched on February 28th. Trump and his administration officials have long held that the Middle Eastern nation can never obtain a nuclear weapon, though Iranian officials have maintained that their nuclear program exists for peaceful purposes.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has previously said Iran possessed uranium enriched up to 60%. According to reports from the IAEA and The Conversation, most commercial reactors operate on fuel enriched to less than 5%.
A bigger challenge reportedly exists in uranium enrichment reaching the 20% threshold than the significantly easier jump from 60% to 90% — known as weapons-grade uranium.
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