Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei. Photo: AFP
"Iran's enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV.
Earlier Friday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that "The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear 'Dust,' created by our great B2 Bombers," referring to nuclear material buried by US strikes last year.
In a post on his Truth Social, minutes after he confirmed that Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Trump stressed, "This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon," either.
Trump's Truth Social denial of plans to exchange money for nuclear dust comes after Axios, citing two US sources, reported that the US and Iran are negotiating over the amount Tehran is asking for to hand its stockpile of enriched uranium to Washington.
According to the Axios report, Iran asked for $27 billion while the US started at $6 billion, but the latest number under discussion is $20 billion in frozen asset releases.
A second US official described the cash-for-uranium concept as "one of many discussions."
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