Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: LeMonde

Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

The US president said Washington and Tehran were 'very close' to a peace deal. Iran has previously insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful.

Le Monde with AFP
Published today at 12:11 am (Paris)
2 min read


President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. JEN GOLBECK / AP

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, April 16 that Washington and Tehran were "very close" to a peace deal and insisted that Iran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium, a key sticking point in negotiations. The United States had earlier threatened to resume airstrikes on the Islamic Republic and maintain a naval blockade of its ports if Tehran refused to accept a deal to solve the conflict that broke out on February 28.

At the same time, a ceasefire came into effect between Israel and Lebanon - a 10-day truce - with Trump saying he expected the two countries' leaders at the White House within "four or five days." Hezbollah has not said if it recognizes the ceasefire - but a senior figure said it would respect it if Israeli attacks on the militants stopped.

But Israel's army said it was striking Hezbollah rocket launchers after fire from Lebanon shortly before the ceasefire was due to begin. The prime ministers of both countries welcomed the ceasefire, which came days after the US and Iran agreed to a separate truce and as Pakistan pursued diplomatic efforts to arrange a new round of talks between foes Washington and Tehran.

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Read more: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/17/trump-says-iran-has-agreed-to-hand-over-enriched-uranium_6752515_4.html

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Paris is something like 6 hours ahead of EDT.

"Trump says" is generally regarded as an indication of a lie. Expect a denial pretty soon.

[pfitz59]

1. I don't believe a word of it

If true, they should hand it to him, in person, without shielding.

[GentryDixon]

2. Nor I.

[AZ8theist]

47. Pathological liar. Mentally demented and inept as well.

Simply ANOTHER distraction from the Epstein files.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. You lost me after Trump says"

[PSPS]

4. The picture shows him doing his air accordion. That's a tell that he's lying.

[Lokee11]

15. If his lips move

He is lying - simple as that!

[usonian]

40. That's a very defensive gesture, IMO.

Highly unqualified opinion, but I speak Italian.

Like so.



My reply.

[Diamond_Dog]

51. Love it!

[usonian]

53. It's the BEST

Non-Italians think that I'm playing hockey referee.

CIAO!

[Diamond_Dog]

54. I am not Italian

But I live in an area where there are many Italians and have definitely seen this before and know what it means!

[SSJVegeta]

5. In what form?

[twodogsbarking]

6. They are shipping it FedX to Merda Loco.

[Bayard]

7. Nope

Not buying it.

[AverageOldGuy]

8. Trump said:

"I will pass a beautiful health care bill."

"Gas will be below $2.00 a gallon."

"I never heard of Geoffrey Epstein."

"I didn't pay that woman $133,000."

[Diamond_Dog]

52. .....

[IcyPeas]

9. Hmmm? Really? Who's doing the negotiating?

Trump? Vance? Rubio?

Prove it.

I'll wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Jack Valentino]

30. They left an AI-powered replicant of Vance to negotiate---

unfortunately it is stuck to a couch....

[thought crime]

43. If it's Witkoff & Kushner you know it's not serious

[MIKE UU]

45. Dot......

For the people who use a reading app the repeating periods are read as individual dots x100.......FYI

[MissouriDem47]

10. Since Trump Lies All of the Time

What he says is unimportant.

[Enter stage left]

11. Yeah, I'm sure. Two weeks after you show your taxes!

You are so fucking stupid and lie so much that if you stated the sun would rise in the east, I'd go outside tomorrow morning to make sure.

[Callie1979]

12. But in June you told us it was buried & would take years to dig out.

Were you lying THEN or were you lying 7weeks ago?

[tinrobot]

13. Will the DoorDash Grandma be the one delivering it?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. Snort! Literally.

[durablend]

23. Yes. In a big McDonald's bag.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. Yeah, right, tell me another fairy tale

[reACTIONary]

17. I wonder what it said in the...

....original Persian.

[Cheezoholic]

18. I hope they hand some to him so he can pose with a picture of him holding it n/t

[Red Mountain]

19. I'll give him the benefit of a doubt

they might have agreed to hand over some quantity of enriched uranium.

If they did, and do, I'd guess they still have plenty left.

It's all about the verification. It takes real diplomacy to make that work.

Expectation level: low.

[thought crime]

44. Trump can verify by the feelings in his bones

[tavernier]

20. No worries. Tomorrow he will come on FOX carrying a brown paper bag

with Rich Urayneeyum written on the side in black Sharpie.

[Ray Bruns]

31. LOL!

[Aviation Pro]

21. "Iran's agreed to that, and they've agreed to it very powerfully."

More stupid shit from the child raping bag 'o fuck.

Just remember, motherfucker, once this crisis, that you fucking caused, is over Epstein comes roaring back.

[blue-wave]

22. For how long?

2 weeks?

[Martin68]

24. Really? Were Trump's lips moving?

[Grokenstein]

25. Horrrrrrrseshit.

No wonder piggy got Iran kicked off twiXter and YouTube.

[Aussie105]

26. Trump's credibility wasn't too high in 'The Apprentice' days.

And it has been getting lower ever since.

Which orifice did he pull that info from?
Does Iran know?

The 'air accordion' hand action is just him lying, and stretching the lie further with his hand actions.
'Believe me Bigly!', he says.

[yourout]

27. Yeah I'm betting that's a lie.

[dalton99a]

28. It is a blatant lie, as usual

[Strelnikov_]

29. In two weeks . . .

[BidenRocks]

32. What fertilizer shortage?

[Sancho]

33. And I will also sell you some great beach front in Florida....

[Scrivener7]

34. That means they said they will NOT hand over enriched uranium.

[Renew Deal]

35. The only reason to give it up is a complete lifting of sanctions

With committed investment from the US and others. Iran would have to also commit to not call for the end of Israel. If you put all of that into a deal, it may be workable. It's tough to lift sanctions without any commitment by Iran on Israel.

[Botany]

36. 3 things:

The enriched uranium that Iran would never have had under the previous agreement that
the Obama administration had gotten done which Trump tore up.

I don’t believe a word out of Trump’s mouth.

EPSTEIN.

[LudwigPastorius]

37. _

[TexasBushwhacker]

38. With detonators

They may not have it enriched enough to make a nuke, but I bet they can make dirty bombs.

[usonian]

39. Depends (pun not intended) on how it's delivered.

If that burger's glowing,
To Hades he's going.


IN A TAN SUIT.

[Tasmanian Devil]

41. Testing new material ...

He's just trying out new jokes for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner!

Why do people even bother to report what he says?

[Buddyzbuddy]

42. Is it too much to hope it's true and it's handed to him

personally.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. The Washington Post headline

Trump says Iran agrees to hand over ‘nuclear dust’.

Iran has not confirmed Trump’s claim.

https://wapo.st/41DySw4

The comments section is very skeptical.

[Javaman]

48. in other news: the orange pedo maintains his place as the biggest bullshit artist of all time. nt

[Zelda_Orchid]

49. What does Iran say?

It's a sad state of affairs when a "rogue regime" is more trust worthy than the US govt.

[travelingthrulife]

50. liar.

[City Lights]

55. Lying liar sez wut?

I don't believe a word that dribbles from his mouth.

[RussBLib]

56. Has Iran corroborated the claim?

Last I saw there was no comment from Iran about the frequent liars claim. So now I guess if Iran says NO Trump can claim “they double-crossed me.”

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1