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

Washington: U.S. ​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".