Trump vows to destroy Iranian uranium with or without deal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, United States, on May 12, 2026. [Kyle Mazza – Anadolu Agency]

US President Donald Trump said Washington would ensure the destruction of Iran’s enriched uranium regardless of whether a diplomatic agreement is reached.

“We’ll take it out and destroy it, whether it’s on-site or whether we take it off-site,” Trump told NBC News in an interview aired Sunday.

He added that the US would act “with them, or without them.”

Trump said the US would remove Iran’s enriched uranium “militarily, very harshly” if no agreement is reached, adding: “We won’t have people shooting at us” if the two sides “go together.”

Speaking about US troops in the Middle East, the president said it would be “foolhardy” to withdraw them before a “completion” of negotiations.

Trump also claimed there was a “good probability” that he knew the location of Iran’s “very seriously injured” Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

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